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Senior Airman Heather Deines, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, marshals an F-16 Fighting Falcon, piloted by Brig. Gen. Jim Sears, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 22, 2017. Sears, commander of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, conducted his final flight out of Bagram Airfield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)
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22/05/2017
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