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U.S. Air Force Airman Derrick Coakley (left) and Senior Airman Sophia Ramallo perform maintenance on an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, on Dec. 27, 2009. Coakley and Ramallo are assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron.

Airman Derrick Coakley and Senior Airman Sophia Ramallo perform maintenance on an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft.

U.S. Air Force Airman Derrick Coakley (left) and Senior Airman Sophia Ramallo perform maintenance on an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, on Dec. 27, 2009. Coakley and Ramallo are assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron.

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