Staff Sgt. Benjamin Baughman, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster instructor, wraps ground wire around his arm prior to flight in a C-130J Super Hercules at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 20, 2017. In case the aircraft is hit by lightning, the ground wire provides a conducting path towards the earth allowing the aircraft not to be effected by the electrical current.

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