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MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – Master Sgt. Derek McCurry, 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile handling team noncommissioned officer-in-charge, gives a signal to raise the container on a Transporter Erector during the removal of the last 2012 downstage March 5. The downstage is comprised of three stages of solid rocket fuel and is over 40 ft. long and weighs 68,000 pounds. Once a downstage is removed, it is returned to Hill Air Force Base, Utah for maintenance and inspections. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sharida Jackson)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Sharida Jackson
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