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Senior Airman Jake Rutherford inspects the rear augment section of the 86th Maintenance Squadron's hush house before the test of a C-130 Hercules engine at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on June 22, 2005. The hush house muffles the sound of the turboprop engines as they are run up to full power in testing.

Senior Airman Jake Rutherford inspects the 86th Maintenance Squadron's hush house.

Senior Airman Jake Rutherford inspects the rear augment section of the 86th Maintenance Squadron's hush house before the test of a C-130 Hercules engine at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on June 22, 2005. The hush house muffles the sound of the turboprop engines as they are run up to full power in testing.

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