Maintainers from the 81st Fighter Squadron pull out firing pins and chalks to ready an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft for takeoff before a night combat search and rescue training mission July 20, 2012. The maintainers took part in Dacian Thunder, a month-long partnership building exercise that included Air Force, Romanian air force, Marine Corps and Royal Air Force participants. Senior Airman Natasha Stannard

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