Senior Airman Kyle Bieri, a 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion technician, readies an F-16 Fighting Falcon for an afterburner run at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 16, 2017. Conducting afterburner runs enables maintainers to discover possible problems with the engine that may not be detectable through regular inspections.

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