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Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Wayne Schulz conducts pre-flight checks on a C-182 Cessna before departing Astoria, Ore., to support Amalgam Dart, June 18, 2009. Amalgam Dart is a Defense Department field event to test the ability to rapidly deploy an integrated air defense system in the United States.

CESSNA CHECK

Civil Air Patrol Lt. Col. Wayne Schulz conducts pre-flight checks on a C-182 Cessna before departing Astoria, Ore., to support Amalgam Dart, June 18, 2009. Amalgam Dart is a Defense Department field event to test the ability to rapidly deploy an integrated air defense system in the United States.

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