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Airman 1st Class Nicholas Pierce, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, ensures a pilot chute is properly connected to a B-52H Stratofortress on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., May 28, 2013. The pilot chute is the small parachute that is deployed first as the B-52 lands. The force of the first deployment is used to pull out the larger parachute which slows down the aircraft as it lands. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Benjamin Gonsier)

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