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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Carlo Patalinghug lowers the canopy on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft before running up the engine to test a hydraulic leak repair on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 30, 2015. Patalinghug is a crew chief assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The squadron provides combat-ready aircraft to the air component commander in support of coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys

Lowering Canopy

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Carlo Patalinghug lowers the canopy on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft before running up the engine to test a hydraulic leak repair on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 30, 2015. Patalinghug is a crew chief assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The squadron provides combat-ready aircraft to the air component commander in support of coalition forces throughout Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys

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