Air Force KC-10 extender at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Oct. 10, Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matt Porter

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Air Force Senior Airman Austin Sondergard, 605th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, sends off a KC-10 extender at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, on Oct. 10, 2022. Sondergard received brain surgery to remove an arteriovenous malformation, and later suffered losses to both memory, speech, and motor skills due to a stroke. Recovered, Sondergard returned to his duties as a Crew Chief and hobby as an avid powerlifter.

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