Air Force Airman 1st Class Austin Smith, 18th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, verifies flight information at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Dec. 18, 2018. The air traffic controllers monitor Kadena’s flightline to ensure the safety of ground maintenance crews and aircraft crews, by directing aircraft safely on, and off, the flightline.

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