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A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor flies off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Flo., Nov. 20, 2020. The F-22 possesses a variety of air-to-air capabilities that make it the world's most lethal and maneuverable fighter jet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Sam Eckholm)

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Zach Demers, an aerospace engineer, demonstrates the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) in an F-16 flight simulator at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, April 18. Auto GCAS, which constantly compares the aircraft's speed and position to a digital terrain map and will automatically take control if it detects an imminent ground collision, is credited with saving the lives of four pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

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Retired Col. Pete Mapes, a pilot-physician, was instrumental to the employment of the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) in F-16 fighter jets across the Air Force. The Auto GCAS program had been shelved until Mapes discovered an error in the program data while at the Air Force Research Lab at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio in 2003. The system, which constantly compares the aircraft's speed and position to a digital terrain map and will automatically take control if it detects an imminent ground collision, is credited with saving the lives of four pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

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Retired Col. Pete Mapes, a pilot-physician, still uses a typewriter when he sees patients at the Joint Base Andrews, Md., Flight Medicine Clinic, April 7, 2016. Mapes was instrumental to the employment of the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) in fighter jets across the Air Force after he discovered an error in the program data while at the Air Force Research Lab at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio in 2003. The system, which constantly compares the aircraft's speed and position to a digital terrain map and will automatically take control if it detects an imminent ground collision, is credited with saving the lives of four pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

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Retired Col. Pete Mapes, a pilot-physician, demonstrates a ground collision avoidance system he installed on his Cessna aircraft during a flight over Maryland, April 7, 2016. Mapes was instrumental to the employment the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System in F-16 fighter jets across the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

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