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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Sarah Sagers helps U.S. Air Force Capt. James Flagg get strapped into an A-10 Thunderbolt II before departing for a combat training mission during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 12, 2012. Sagers, a crew chief, is assigned to the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Flagg, a pilot, is assigned to the 25th Fighter Squadron.

RED FLAG FLIGHT

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Sarah Sagers helps U.S. Air Force Capt. James Flagg get strapped into an A-10 Thunderbolt II before departing for a combat training mission during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 12, 2012. Sagers, a crew chief, is assigned to the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Flagg, a pilot, is assigned to the 25th Fighter Squadron.

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