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4AS welcomes 2025’s most daring pilot

Benny Blankenship, the 2025 Team McChord pilot for a day, sits in a loadmaster seat aboard a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, April 17, 2025. During the tour, Benny was able to complete several missions including saving a famous blue hedgehog in the C-17 Globemaster III simulator. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle)

PHOTO BY: Airman 1st Class Benjamin Riddle
VIRIN: 250417-F-VE343-1506.JPG
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NIKON Z 6

LENS

NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S

APERTURE

4

SHUTTERSPEED

1/60

ISO

2000

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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