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Air Force Staff Sgt. William Fitzpatrick conducts a flight inspection of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Nov. 10, 2007. Fitzpatrick is a 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief deployed from the New Mexico Air National Guard's 150th Fighter Wing.

Staff Sgt. William Fitzpatrick conducts a flight inspection of an F-16 Fighting Falcon.

Air Force Staff Sgt. William Fitzpatrick conducts a flight inspection of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Nov. 10, 2007. Fitzpatrick is a 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief deployed from the New Mexico Air National Guard's 150th Fighter Wing.

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