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A1C Gilbert Hardy, assigned to the US Air Force's 18th Civil Engineer Squadron at Kadena AB, Okinawa, uses a vacuum to remove a swarm of Japanese honey bees from a Patrol Squadron 16 (VP-16) P-3C Orion on 29 June at nearby MCAS Futenma, Okinawa. The bees are thought to have swarmed on the aircraft to escape from heat and wind while in transit to a new hive site. VP-16 and a Patrol Wing 11 Consolidated Maintenance Organization detachment are deployed to the Pacific in support of the commander of the US Navy 7th Fleet. Home port for VP-16, known as the War Eagles, is NAS Jacksonville, Florida.
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