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Maintenance personnel from the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds give the brightly painted F-16 Fighting Falcons a quick wash at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., on July 30, 2005. The team is setting up to perform at thee two-day 2005 Air Expo, at McChord.

Maintenance personnel from the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds give the brightly painted F-16 Fighting Falcons a quick wash.

Maintenance personnel from the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbirds give the brightly painted F-16 Fighting Falcons a quick wash at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., on July 30, 2005. The team is setting up to perform at thee two-day 2005 Air Expo, at McChord.

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