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U.S. Air Firce Senior Airman Lilia Linares uses a fluorescent magnetic particle process to inspect an aerospace ground equipment hook for cracks on Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., May 27, 2009. Linares is a nondestructive inspection journeyman assigned to the 437th Maintenance Squadron. The nondestructive inspection section inspects more than 40,000 pieces of weapon systems and non-weapon systems assets a year.

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U.S. Air Firce Senior Airman Lilia Linares uses a fluorescent magnetic particle process to inspect an aerospace ground equipment hook for cracks on Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., May 27, 2009. Linares is a nondestructive inspection journeyman assigned to the 437th Maintenance Squadron. The nondestructive inspection section inspects more than 40,000 pieces of weapon systems and non-weapon systems assets a year.

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