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Photos of military personnel in various roles, including pararescuemen and loadmasters, engaged in training and preparation activities, reflecting dedication and teamwork.

Crew members monitor radar tracking screens aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Technical Sergeant Robert Sheets, a pararescueman deployed to Al Jaber, is ready for a training mission as the HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter spins up. This photo is part of the "Rescuers" story in the July 1999, AIRMAN Magazine. The article describes the 41st and 71st Rescue Squadrons from Moody AFB participating in OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

TSGT Ron Swider performs his job as a loadmaster while on active duty with the Air National Guard. Base: Kulis State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-04176. Base: Suwon Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-85-02919. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Navy aviator reorients himself after emerging from underwater while taking part in the Naval Aviation Water Survival Training Program (NAWSTP). Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida(FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A student practices parachute steering techniques on the parachute hang at the station's Aviation Physiology Training Unit. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Crew members monitor radar tracking screens aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9). Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Vice Adm. Henry H. Mauz JR., commander, 7th Fleet, U.S. Pacific Fleet, converses with Ohio's Sen. John Glenn during Operation Desert Shield. Glenn is in the region on a fact finding mission. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

CMDR. Klaus Pfleuger checks LT. j.g. Winfried Frank out on a flight helmet and oxygen mask, during F-104G Starfighter aircraft training conducted by the 69th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron. The two officers are West German navy pilots. Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-87-00504. Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Brig. GEN. Steve Ritchie, dressed in his leather jacket, poses for an informal portrait. He is the mobilization assistant to the commander of Air Force Recruiting Service. He survived two combat tours flying 195 missions during the Vietnam War and is the only American Air Force F-4 Phantom ace pilot with five MiG-21 shoot down victories. Brig GEN. Ritchie served as an instructor at the Air Force's "top gun" Fighter Weapons School making changes in the way our best fighter pilots were taught the knowledge he learned in the war.Published in AIRMAN Magazine September 1996 Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of Airborne Early Warning Squadron 113 (VAW-113) works at a status board on the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) during PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: USS Constellation (CV 64)

The pilot of a 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle aircraft waits to taxi out to the runway during a Coronet Phaser deployment. The Coronet Phaser program tests the readiness of U.S. based units to deploy to and operate in Europe. Base: Canadian Forces Base, Lahr Country: West Germany (FRG)

S97-00248 (15 Dec. 1996) --- Astronaut Marsha S. Ivins, STS-81 mission specialist, arrives in a NASA T-38 jet trainer at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). The TCDT represents a simulated final countdown until just before main engine ignition, now scheduled for Jan. 12, 1997.

camouflage dressed soldier, Grants Pass, OR

First Lieutenant Rick Scarbrook, 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, inspects a Sidewinder (AIM-9) missile during a preflight check of his F-4 Phantom II aircraft. He is preparing for a flight to Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, where he will participate in the dissimilar aircraft flying Exercise COMMANDO WEST 6 with members of the Royal Thai Air Force. Subject Operation/Series: COMMANDO WEST 6 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

An electronic security technician monitors a classified communications line during exercise Team Spirit '86. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Country: South Korea

980224-F-7910D-006. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

1ST LT. Kathy Gotch, copilot, sits in the cockpit of a C-23A Sherpa aircraft of the 10th Military Airlift Squadron. Country: Unknown

Paul Juola, Operations and Management Funding, House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, prepares to drive a Light Armored Vehicle (Partially shown) on the new test track at the Maintenance Center, Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB), Barstow, California. Base: Usmc Logistics Base, Barstow State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-02312. Base: Naval Air Station, Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Nightwatch patrolman with flashlight

The boom operator aboard a KC-10A Extender aircraft watches the approach of an aircraft coming in to refuel while on a training flight during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

AMN Glen M. King adjusts AMN Michael O'Hara's helmet as the two men, both members of the 20th Special Operations Squadron, prepare for a mission at Cap Geiger during the multi-service exercise Solid Shield '87. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '87 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An air crewman communicates information in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

DN-ST-89-01533. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

DN-ST-87-01032. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING 86 Base: USS Iowa (BB 61) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

CPT Ken Wheeler from the 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron takes wind readings prior to airdrop activity. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1996 Title: Last Flight Category: News Place: Honorable Mention Brief Description: A pilot is doused with water to commemorate his last flight. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

DA-ST-85-01485. Subject Operation/Series: PHOTO FINISH '81 Base: Gulfport Air National Guard Base State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-00953. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

TECH. SGT. John Mitchell directs weapon loading on an A-7 Corsair II aircraft during Gunsmoke '87, an Air Force-wide tactical gunnery and bombing competition sponsored by the Tactical Air Command and hosted by the Tactical Fighter Weapons Center at Nellis. Subject Operation/Series: GUNSMOKE '87 Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A student naval aviator practices emergency procedures in a flight simulator during a survival training course. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida(FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-124 Commander Mark Kelly is ready to practice driving the M113 armored personnel carrier as part of emergency training. He and other crew members are at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for a dress launch rehearsal called the terminal countdown demonstration test. TCDT provides astronauts and ground crews with an opportunity to participate in various simulated countdown activities, including equipment familiarization and emergency training. On the STS-124 mission, the crew will deliver and install the Japanese Experiment Module - Pressurized Module and Japanese Remote Manipulator System. Discovery's launch is targeted for May 31.

CAPT. Chad D. Coe, 42nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., pilots a EC-130E Hercules on another mission. The Hercules is being used as an Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center in support of the enforcement of a NATO no fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

A crew member aboard the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) communicates on a ship-to-ship circuit through a sound-powered telephone during a highline evolution. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Equipment Operator 2nd Class Victor Valdez of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1) operates a crane as his unit prepares for deployment to Somalia to participate in Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Naval Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

970423-F-6217S-010. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. Jeffrey Zahn, a U.S. Navy aviator from Attack Squadron 35 (VA-35), smiles for the camera aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. Zahn, five other Americans and an Italian officer were released after being held as prisoners of war by Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm. The former POWs, who were released from captivity on March 4, will receive medical examinations and treatment aboard the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-SH-19). Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Usns Mercy(T-AH 19)

Captain Ronald Reagan logs in his flight time after completing a mission during Air Force Reserve Operation REDOUBT, PHASE III. Subject Operation/Series: REDOUBT, PHASE III Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DAN AYKROYD in 1941 (1979), directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG.

LT J.G. Winfried Frank of the West German navy pre-flights an F-104G Starfighter aircraft, prior to a training flight conducted by members of the 69th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron. Base: Luke Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

British Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Chris MacBean, the Assistant Air Operations Officer of the Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier, HMS ILLUSTRIOUS (RO 6), gives the "clear deck" call during flight operations. The British vessel is operating in the Persian Gulf in support of the Southwest Asia build-up. Base: Hms Illustrious (RO 6)

USAF MASTER Sergeant James Pierpont a Security Policeman assigned to McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. MSGT Pierpont was awarded the airman's Medal, after shooting and killing an estranged gunman at McGuire AFB, New Jersey. From AIRMAN Magazine's August 1995 issue (inside back cover) article "FACING DANGER". Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

MSGT Wayne L. Fisk undergoes Pararescue Requalification Training (PRT) at the PRT School, 1550th Aircrew Training and Test Wing. Fisk has been selected as one of the 10 Outstanding Young Men of the Year by the United States Jaycees. Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SENIOR AIRMAN Tony Scarlato and Japanese Air Self Defense Force MASTER Sergeant Fumitake Mori take aircraft oil samples for analysis during exercise CAPE NORTH '80. Subject Operation/Series: CAPE NORTH '80 Base: Nyutabaru Air Base State: Kyashu Country: Japan (JPN)

DF-ST-89-00816. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Azarq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Kazmaric of Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) performs maintenance on the radar intercept officer's (RIO's) station aboard an F-14A Tomcat aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-pwoered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

US Navy ENSIGN Tony Craighead, Ordnance Officer, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 137, Fixed Fighter Attack Wing, Lemoore Naval Air Station, California, USN CHIEF PETTY Officer Timothy Lee, Ordnance CHIEF, Carrier Air Wing 2, Naval Air Station Miramar, California, and USN CHIEF Warrant Officer Tony Perez, Ordnance Officer, Strike Fighter Squadron 137, Fixed Fighter Attack Wing, Lemoore Naval Air Station, California, observe the activities taking place in the de-armament area of the Roswell airport during Exercise ROVING SANDS '96. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '96 Base: Roswell State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

980621-F-2907C-022. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air Force Reserve Sergeant Anthony J. Selritella helps load a pallet of cargo into a C-141 Starlifter aircraft. He is participating in PATRIOT PORT '83, a reserve exercise in which reserve personnel from the 57th and 85th Aerial Port Squadrons (APS), Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, take over the duties of the 437th APS. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT PORT '83 Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photographer's Mate Second Class (PH2) Courtney Torgrude transmits a test image to the Digital Camera Receiving Station (DCRS) located in the carriers Intelligence Center prior to an airborne mission carrying the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS). On board the conventional aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The INDEPENDENCE is forward deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 12 April 1998. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Independence (CV 62)

A US Coast Guard reservist works with a member of the Jordanian military in a marine diesel engine repair shop during SHADOW HAWK, the segment of the multiservice Exercise BRIGHT STAR '87 that tests joint Jordan-US operations. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWKBRIGHT STAR '87 Base: Aqaba Country: Jordan (JOR)

Charlie Sheen , Platoon , 1986 directed by Oliver Stone Orion Pictures Corporation

Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. sits in the cockpit of an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft from Fighter Attack Squadron 125 (VFA-125). Base: Naval Air Station, Lemoore State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-87-06898. Country: Unknown

Equipment Operator 3rd Class Kim Cook of Naval Support Activity screws a lens frame onto a trailer at Capodichino airport. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Naples Country: Italy (ITA)

A member of Co. A, 1ST Bn., 2nd Marine Div., sights in a 60mm mortar during Exercise Cold Winter '83. Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER '83 Country: Norway (NOR)

SSGT Jim P. Johnson, qualified as a tailgunner in B-52D and B-52H Stratofortress aircraft, sits at his station during a flight. Base: Carswell Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lt. Rui Moreira Lima Of The Lst Brazilian Fighter Squadron In The Cockpit Of A P-47 At An Airfield Somewhere In Italy.

A sailor sets the timer on his oxygen breathing apparatus (OBA) prior to a hangar deck firefighting drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) during PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: USS Constellation (CV 64) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Sergeant Julian Larrasquito, a Marine PHOTO Reconnaissance Squadron 3 (VMFP-3) plane captain, signals to a pilot during the 1988 Worldwide Reconnaissance Air Meet (RAM '88). Base: Bergstrom Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aviation Structural Mechanic E (Safety Equipment) AIRMAN Frank Herbert, left, and Aviation Structural Mechanic E (Safety Equipment) 1ST Class Darrell Kuntz perform corrosion control maintenance on the SJU-5A ejection seat in an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft. Both men are from Strike Fighter Squadron 147 (VFA-147), embarked aboard nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during WestPac '93. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Two flight deck crewmen wait for flight operations to resume aboard the amphibious assault ship USS TARAWA (LHA-1) during the combined Thai/U.S. joint exercise Thalay Thai '89. Subject Operation/Series: THALAY THAI '89 Country: Gulf Of Thailand

GOLDIE HAWN in PRIVATE BENJAMIN (1980), directed by HOWARD ZIEFF.

DF-ST-85-11860. Subject Operation/Series: CORNET COLT Base: Flesland Air Base Country: Norway (NOR)

Technical Sergeant Steven Smith (middle) stands with Staff Sergeant Benjamin Lee (left) and Staff Sergeant Eugene Nace (right) aboard a C-17 Globemaster III bound for Haiti. The airmen are members of the Air Forces elite "Phoenix Raven" program which tasks Ravens to fly with aircraft on missions that fly into hostile territories.

DF-ST-88-02879. Base: Mather Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020505-F-7194F-002. Subject Operation/Series: GURRDIAN CHALLENGE 2002 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Artwork: "122 (TAC) Fighter Wing, Alpena, Mich-1982" Artist: John Downs, USAF Art Collection. Country: Unknown

CDR John Strebel, selected reserve coordinator, takes a break from a busy day at sea. Base: Kodiak Island State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. Patricia A. Denkler, assigned to Training Squadron 4 (VT-4), sits in the cockpit of her TA-4J Skyhawk aircraft. Denkler became the first Navy woman to be carrier qualified in a jet aircraft when she landed aboard the aircraft carrier USS LEXINGTON (AVT-16) in September. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

First lieutenant kite, mrs. De Jong, with a maintenance worker at a Pilatus PC-7 lesson plane.emvo 131 Squadron.

A Royal New Zealand Air Force officer discusses operations with a Philippines Air Force pilot while on the flight line during the air combat training exercise COPE THUNDER '83-1. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '83-1 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

GUNNER's Mate SEAMAN (GMGSN) William F. Miller positions the 3-inch/.50 caliber twin mount aboard the amphibious assault ship USS TRIPOLI (LPH 10) during operations near Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines. Base: USS Tripoli (LPH 10) Country: South China Sea

A female Navy pilot poses in the cockpit of a C-2A Greyhound aircraft. Country: Unknown

Colonel Stewart B. McCurdy pins the wings he earned at the Air Force Academy 24 years ago on his son, Cadet Craig B. McCurdy. Base: Colorado Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

TSGT Carl Padgett, a reservist with the 701st Tactical Airlift Squadron, serves as a loadmaster during the airlift of relief supplies to the victims of an earthquake in North Yemen. Base: Pisa Country: Italy (ITA)

A former U.S. prisoner of war is greeted by his family after being released by the Iraqi government during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland(MD) Country: United States Of America(USA)

CPT John Leone poses for a photograph prior to a base alert exercise. Leone is part of the Strategic Air Command deterrent force that keep bomber and tanker aircraft flying during alert missions. Base: Carswell Air Force Base State: Texas(TX) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Randy Stewart fills out maintenance forms for an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during exercise COPE ELITE '81. TSGT Stewart is from the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing. Subject Operation/Series: COPE ELITE '81 Base: Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Coast Guard Lookout Promptly Reports by Telephone to the Bridge. On His Eyes Depends a Cutter's Safety. A U.S. Coast Guard cutter, plying combat waters, relies on the unceasing vigilance of its seamen-lookouts for warning against surprise attacks by enemy planes or submarines. The lookout promptly reports by telephone to the bridge all ships, planes, lights, or suspicious objects which come within his vision.

Equipment Operator Construction Apprentice Miller climbs into the cab of a bulldozer during a causeway-building exercise with Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 (ACB-1). Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A man waits to board a helicopter aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) for a flight to Freetown, Sierra Leone, during Operation Sharp Edge. The man was brought to the Barnstable County after being evacuated from the midst of the civil war in Liberia. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Base: USS Barnstable County (LST 1197) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

A "downed" pilot listens for a signal from a OV-10A Bronco search plane during exercise Cope Max '85. Country: Unknown

SSGT Mike Hinson and SMSGT Ralph Kelly, 1361st Audiovisual Squadron, stand by to film the arrival of the Aerospace Audiovisual Service (AAVS) television van. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A1C Forte refuels an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Exercise Quick Thrust '83-1. Subject Operation/Series: QUICK THRUST '83 Base: Travis Field, Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Three flight deck crewmen indulge in a light moment aboard the amphibious assault ship USS TARAWA (LHA-1) during the combined Thai/U.S. joint exercise Thalay Thai '89. Subject Operation/Series: THALAY THAI '89 Country: Gulf Of Thailand

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Apollo 11 astronauts, left to right, Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. share jokes with well-wishers on the other side of the window of their Mobile Quarantine Facility aboard the USS Hornet. The astronauts splashed down at 12:50 p.m. EDT at the completion of their historical eight-day first manned lunar landing.

A munitions maintenance specialist conveys information during CALFEX '90, a joint service, combined arms live-fire exercise. Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX '90 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA)

JSC2001-E-08828 (26 March 2001) --- Astronaut Frederick W. Sturckow, STS-105 pilot, in the cockpit of a T-38 trainer, prepares for a flight at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center (JSC).

CLINT EASTWOOD and KEN WATANABE in LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (2006), directed by CLINT EASTWOOD.

Soviet defectors Alexander Kendr, right, smile for the camera as they are transported by UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to Tin City, Alaska. Forged documents enabled the two men to join other journalist covering ceremonies for the arrival of the joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge Expedition in Little Diomede. By attending the event, they were able to seek out an Alaska National Guardsman and request asylum in the United States. Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air Traffic Controlman Third Class (AC1) Gregory Lewis uses a signal lamp "light gun" to communicate with aircraft approaching the air traffic control tower at Naval Air Station North Island. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MEL GIBSON and CHRIS KLEIN in WE WERE SOLDIERS (2002), directed by RANDALL WALLACE.

TSGT Chris Long validates communication equipment. Base: Levkas Country: Greece (GRC)

On the set, Steven Spielberg , Saving Private Ryan , 1998 directed by Steven Spielberg Dreamworks LLC ,Paramount Pictures

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