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Assisting a Pilot

Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Knickle, right, helps Lt. Col. Mark Sletten into an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Dec. 7, 2015. Knickle is a crew chief assigned to the 354th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Sletten is an F-35 program integration officer. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel

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