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Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Patterson looks through the center of a C-130J Hercules main landing gear at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, July 18, 2016. Patterson is an aerospace propulsion craftsman assigned to the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton

Gear Gaze

Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Patterson looks through the center of a C-130J Hercules main landing gear at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, July 18, 2016. Patterson is an aerospace propulsion craftsman assigned to the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton

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