Master Sgt. Gregory Dedicke, a special missions aviator with the 15th Special Operations Squadron, conducts pre-flight checks in an MC-130 Combat Talon II at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 7, 2017. Special missions aviators perform pre-flight inspections of aircraft, monitor engines and check other critical flight systems during flights.

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