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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Kay cuts diamond-plate steel with an oxyacetylene torch on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 22, 2011. Kay is an aircraft metals technology craftsman assigned to the 86th Maintenance Squadron.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Kay cuts diamond-plate steel with an oxyacetylene torch on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 22, 2011. Kay is an aircraft metals technology craftsman assigned to the 86th Maintenance Squadron.

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