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Air Force Senior Airman Andy Hathaway, center front, inspects the engine start-up procedure on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft while airmen observe before participating in a low-level flight during Large Package Week at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 5, 2016. Hathaway is a loadmaster assigned to the 517th Airlift Squadron. Air Force photo by Senior Airman James Richardson

Engine Start-up

Air Force Senior Airman Andy Hathaway, center front, inspects the engine start-up procedure on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft while airmen observe before participating in a low-level flight during Large Package Week at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 5, 2016. Hathaway is a loadmaster assigned to the 517th Airlift Squadron. Air Force photo by Senior Airman James Richardson

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