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A U.S. Air Force airman serving as a firefighter checks his equipment in a haze of smoke from a simulated building fire during a readiness exercise on Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, July 23, 2009. The exercise prepares airmen to do their jobs in a deployed environment and worst-case scenario. The firefighter is assigned to the 100th Civil Engineer Squadron.

WORST-CASE SCENARIO

A U.S. Air Force airman serving as a firefighter checks his equipment in a haze of smoke from a simulated building fire during a readiness exercise on Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, July 23, 2009. The exercise prepares airmen to do their jobs in a deployed environment and worst-case scenario. The firefighter is assigned to the 100th Civil Engineer Squadron.

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