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Jan 22, 2013

Senior Master Sgt. Richard Thorp plays a trombone solo during a performance by “The Commanders Jazz Ensemble” in the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox Theater in Spokane, Wash., Jan. 20, 2013. The band, from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., performed community outreach in Spokane, Pullman and Cheney, Wash., and Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, to spread the word about the Air Force mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Curry)

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