Airman 1st Class Blade Dirickson, a crew chief assigned to the 301st Fighter Wing, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, prepares for F-16 Fighting Falcon pre-flight maintenance checks May 3 at Hill AFB, Utah. The F-16s were at Hill AFB and the Utah Test and Training Range participating in Combat Hammer, an air-to-ground weapons evaluation exercise.

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