Staff Sgt. Caleb Parton, 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, attaches a fuel hose to an A-10 Thunderbolt during Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight 13-03 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, August 6, 2013. Osan Airmen are in the fo

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Staff Sgt. Caleb Parton, 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, attaches a fuel hose to an A-10 Thunderbolt during Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight 13-03 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, August 6, 2013. Osan Airmen are in the fourth simulated wartime contingency exercise executed in 2013 that will test the base's ability to defend and execute the mission in a heightened state of readiness.

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