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U.S. Air Force airmen perform a foreign objects and debris inspection of a taxi-way on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, March 19, 2011, to prepare for the take-off of a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from the 480th Fighter Squadron in support of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn. Coalition forces launched the operation to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, which protects the Libyan people from their ruler.

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U.S. Air Force airmen perform a foreign objects and debris inspection of a taxi-way on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, March 19, 2011, to prepare for the take-off of a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from the 480th Fighter Squadron in support of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn. Coalition forces launched the operation to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, which protects the Libyan people from their ruler.

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