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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Martz, a KC-10 Extender aircraft flight engineer with the 908th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron, conducts a preflight check inside an aircraft prior to a flight over Afghanistan at an air base in Southwest Asia on Nov. 7, 2008.

Staff Sgt. Andrew Martz conducts a preflight check.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Martz, a KC-10 Extender aircraft flight engineer with the 908th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron, conducts a preflight check inside an aircraft prior to a flight over Afghanistan at an air base in Southwest Asia on Nov. 7, 2008.

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