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A Flight Test #Engineer mantra.. come for the #data... stay for the views. #USAF crews with our 418th FLTS recently supported Boeing Defense teams with KC-46 Remote Vision System testing during rapidly changing lighting conditions across the Mugu Sea Test Range. U.S. Air Force Materiel Command ✈️

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