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			U.S. Air Force Capt. Tolan Hicks tests a pair of night-vision 
			goggles before beginning a mission on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov 
			16, 2009. Hicks is deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and 
			is a co-pilot assigned to the 362nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance 
			Squadron MC-12 Liberty. 
			 
			U.S. Air Force photo by 
			Senior Airman Chris Hubenthal  |