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JASDF C-130 crew chief celebrates 10,000 hours at RF-A 2016

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Japanese Air Defense Force Chief Master Sgt. Takanori Konishi, with the 401st Squadron, 1st Tactical Airlift Wing in Japan celebrates after completing the milestone of 10,000 C-130 Hercules flight hours on June 15, 2016, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. A rare milestone, Konishi has spent a little over 416 days flying in the C-130. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman James Richardson/Released)
Japanese Air Defense Force Chief Master Sgt. Takanori Konishi, with the 401st Squadron, 1st Tactical Airlift Wing in Japan celebrates after completing the milestone of 10,000 C-130 Hercules flight hours on June 15, 2016, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. A rare milestone, Konishi has spent a little over 416 days flying in the C-130. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman James Richardson/Released)

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Lockheed Martin union to go for strike vote

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Around 2,600 Lockheed Martin workers at its Fort Worth facility will soon decide whether give leaders of the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 776 the authority to call a strike as the current contract between the aerospace giant and the union expires next month.

Defense.gov photo essay 090831-D-7203C-030
By: Cherie Cullen [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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