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![USAF Maintenance, Support, and Special Operations personnel gather inside a hangar at Pope AFB, North Carolina, to listen to Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), The Honorable F. Whitten Peters addresses issues USAF Maintenance, Support, and Special Operations personnel gather inside a hangar at Pope AFB, North Carolina, to listen to Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), The Honorable F. Whitten Peters addresses issues](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2M8N9Y2/usaf-maintenance-support-and-special-operations-personnel-gather-inside-a-hangar-at-pope-afb-north-carolina-to-listen-to-secretary-of-the-air-force-secaf-the-honorable-f-whitten-peters-addresses-issues-on-maintenance-manning-and-deployment-chief-master-sergeant-of-the-air-force-cmsaf-eric-w-benken-and-chief-master-sergeant-ken-van-holbeck-senior-enlisted-advisor-for-air-mobility-command-accompanied-secaf-peters-and-all-three-wear-blue-baseball-caps-base-pope-air-force-base-state-north-carolina-nc-country-united-states-of-america-usa-2M8N9Y2.jpg)
USAF Maintenance, Support, and Special Operations personnel gather inside a hangar at Pope AFB, North Carolina, to listen to Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), The Honorable F. Whitten Peters addresses issues
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Air Force on Course to Again Miss Pilot Goal as Problems with Training Aircraft Persist | Military.com
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