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Inside some of the Air Force’s oldest refueling aircraft, technicians are crawling through tight, dirty spaces, painstakingly cleaning sealant on fuel tanks and tightening loose rivets.They climb into the dark, cramped tanks with little more than a flashlight, some tools, and shaky comms. It can be hard to breathe, the…

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Maybe Thanksgiving travel won’t be total chaos after all.Flyers have been on a rollercoaster since the government shutdown on October 1, which has forced air traffic controllers to work without pay for 43 days.Things began to further spiral on Friday, when government officials started cutting 10% of flights across 40…