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New Jersey Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kristina Sofchak poses for a photo in front of an UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter at the New Jersey National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., March 5, 2018. Sofchak is a Black Hawk helicopter maintenance test pilot with Detachment 2, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment. New Jersey Air National Guard photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Matt Hecht

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