Air Force Staff Sgt. Darius Avant, 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) crew chief, from Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, uploads liquid oxygen on an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Clark Air Base, Philippines, May 7, 2018. Avant and members of the 51st AMXS are in the Philippines participating in Exercise Balikatan. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations held from May 7 to May 18. ( A

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Darius Avant, 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) crew chief, from Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, uploads liquid oxygen on an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Clark Air Base, Philippines, May 7, 2018. Avant and members of the 51st AMXS are in the Philippines participating in Exercise Balikatan. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations held from May 7 to May 18. ( Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders)

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