Senior Airman Keith Rice Jr., 36th Aircraft Maintenance Unit engines technician, runs through a preflight checklist for the F-16 on the flight line at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 16 2013. Rice ensured the F-16 was ready to go for the first sortie flight for operational readiness exercise Beverley Midnight 13-01 which tested Osan airmen's to perform their abilities during a heightened state of readiness while providing combat ready forces for close air support, air strike control, counter air, interdiction, theater airlift, and communications in the defense of the Republic of Korea.

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Senior Airman Keith Rice Jr., 36th Aircraft Maintenance Unit engines technician, runs through a preflight checklist for the F-16 on the flight line at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 16 2013. Rice ensured the F-16 was ready to go for the first sortie flight for operational readiness exercise Beverley Midnight 13-01 which tested Osan airmen's to perform their abilities during a heightened state of readiness while providing combat ready forces for close air support, air strike control, counter air, interdiction, theater airlift, and communications in the defense of the Republic of Korea. ( Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Emerson Nunez)

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