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Gunnery Sgt. Rome M. Holcomb conducts post flight checks on an F/A-18 Hornet at Rockhampton Airport, Australia, on April 29, 2001. The Hornet will participate in Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001, which is a combined military training exercise involving more than 18,000 U.S., Australian, and Canadian personnel who are training in crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations.

Gunnery Sgt. Rome M. Holcomb conducts post flight checks on an F/A-18 Hornet at Rockhampton Airport, Australia.

Gunnery Sgt. Rome M. Holcomb conducts post flight checks on an F/A-18 Hornet at Rockhampton Airport, Australia, on April 29, 2001. The Hornet will participate in Exercise Tandem Thrust 2001, which is a combined military training exercise involving more than 18,000 U.S., Australian, and Canadian personnel who are training in crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations.

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