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Pilot reaches 2,000 miles
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Thornton, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron life support technician, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather Doyle, 99th ERS aerospace physiology technician, perform a pre-flight operations check on U.S. Air Force Maj. Patrick Hudson, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron U-2 pilot, prior to his final combat sortie, May 17, 2013, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. Hudson holds the fourth highest number of sortie hours in the U-2 program. Hudson hails from Fayette, Mi., and is deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Thornton is native to Minden, La., and is also deployed from Beale AFB, as is Doyle. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia)