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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Steve Lippitt and Master Sgt. Todd Tripplett perch on a limb of a 140-foot communications tower to adjust the signal strength of a microwave antenna on Sather Air Base in Iraq, Sept. 13, 2011. Lippitt and Tripplett are technicians assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Communications Squadron. The microwave antenna will provide network access for U.S. State Department personnel.

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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Steve Lippitt and Master Sgt. Todd Tripplett perch on a limb of a 140-foot communications tower to adjust the signal strength of a microwave antenna on Sather Air Base in Iraq, Sept. 13, 2011. Lippitt and Tripplett are technicians assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Communications Squadron. The microwave antenna will provide network access for U.S. State Department personnel.

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