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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Aleksandr Dolgikh (right) conducts preflight checks on an F-16 Aggressor aircraft with Lt. Col. Andrew Hansen at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, prior to a sortie in support of Red Flag ? Alaska 10-03 on June 14, 2010. More than 1,300 airmen from the United States, Japan and Italy are participating in the aerial training exercise. Dolgikh is a crew chief from the 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Hansen is the commander of the 18th Aggressor Squadron.

Senior Airman Aleksandr Dolgikh conducts preflight checks on an F-16 Aggressor aircraft with Lt. Col. Andrew Hansen.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Aleksandr Dolgikh (right) conducts preflight checks on an F-16 Aggressor aircraft with Lt. Col. Andrew Hansen at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, prior to a sortie in support of Red Flag ? Alaska 10-03 on June 14, 2010. More than 1,300 airmen from the United States, Japan and Italy are participating in the aerial training exercise. Dolgikh is a crew chief from the 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Hansen is the commander of the 18th Aggressor Squadron.

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