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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Bell, a production superintendent with the 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, pumps a jet fuel starter on an F-15 Eagle aircraft before the aircraft departs for Valiant Shield, a joint training exercise in Guam on Sept. 8, 2010. More than 18 aircraft and 600 Kadena Air Base members were deployed in support of this biannual exercise.

Master Sgt. John Bell pumps a jet fuel starter on an F-15 Eagle aircraft.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Bell, a production superintendent with the 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, pumps a jet fuel starter on an F-15 Eagle aircraft before the aircraft departs for Valiant Shield, a joint training exercise in Guam on Sept. 8, 2010. More than 18 aircraft and 600 Kadena Air Base members were deployed in support of this biannual exercise.

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