Air Force Lt. Col. Samuel Chipman, left, the 355th Fighter Squadron (FS) commander, conducts preflight inspections as an Airman assigned to the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Unit secures a panel on an F-35A Lightning II on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, July 1, 2021. The 355th FS’s primary mission is the suppression of enemy air defenses and offensive counter-air missions.

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