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Two pilots adjust controls in a cockpit.

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Air Force Lt. Col. Barry A. King, left, and 1st. Lt. Emery Gumapas make adjustments aboard a C-130J Super Hercules on its way to airdrop supplies to the island of Nama in Micronesia, Dec. 10, 2018, during Operation Christmas Drop, a humanitarian operation and training mission for U.S., Japanese and Australian C-130 crews.

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