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Air Force Senior Airman John Gause conducts his preflight checks on an F-16 Fighting Falcon during routine flight operations at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., on Aug. 9, 2004. Gause is an F-16 crew chief with the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 56th Fighter Wing at Luke.

Air Force Senior Airman John Gause conducts his preflight checks on an F-16 Fighting Falcon.

Air Force Senior Airman John Gause conducts his preflight checks on an F-16 Fighting Falcon during routine flight operations at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., on Aug. 9, 2004. Gause is an F-16 crew chief with the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 56th Fighter Wing at Luke.

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