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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sean Raquepo moves the prop of a C-130H Hercules aircraft to check the intake and unlock the engine brake for startup before a flight from Ali Air Base, Iraq, on July 14, 2007. Raquepo is attached to the 192nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron.

Staff Sgt. Sean Raquepo moves the prop of a C-130H Hercules aircraft.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sean Raquepo moves the prop of a C-130H Hercules aircraft to check the intake and unlock the engine brake for startup before a flight from Ali Air Base, Iraq, on July 14, 2007. Raquepo is attached to the 192nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron.

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