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Air Force Lt. Col. Mark Sletten lowers the canopy on an F-16 Fighting Falcon before taxiing to take off at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Dec. 7, 2015. Sletten is an F-35 Lightning II program integration officer. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Joseph Swafford

Lowering Canopy

Air Force Lt. Col. Mark Sletten lowers the canopy on an F-16 Fighting Falcon before taxiing to take off at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Dec. 7, 2015. Sletten is an F-35 Lightning II program integration officer. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Joseph Swafford

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