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Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

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The blur of maintenance

A maintenance crew chief for a KC-10 Extender is blurred by exhaust as he watches as a KC-10 fires up its engines prior to a mission at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., Sept. 16, 2008. The KC-10 is one of the main air refueling aircraft at McGuire which help Air Mobility Command and the Air Force to "fly, fight and win...in air, space and cyberspace." (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

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The McGuire Airman

A maintenance Airman stands at parade rest on the McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., flightline during operations Sept. 16, 2008. This Airman was watching the start-up of engines on a KC-10 Extender. In the background there are several C-17 Globemaster IIIs that are also from McGuire. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

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Turn this way

A maintenance crew chief for a KC-10 Extender provides direction to the aircrew steering a KC-10 on the McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., flightline Sept. 16, 2008. The KC-10 is one of the main air refueling airframes at McGuire and helps Air Mobility Command and the Air Force to "fly, fight and win...in air, space and cyberspace." (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

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The McGuire Maintenance Airman

Published Sept. 17, 2008