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U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Brent Stevens flies a C-130 Hercules aircraft to Forward Operating Base Sharana in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sept. 28, 2013. Stevens, a pilot, is assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. The unit's airmen transported the last cargo from Sharana before command of the base was transferred to the Afghan Ministry of Defense.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Brent Stevens flies a C-130 Hercules aircraft to Forward Operating Base Sharana in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sept. 28, 2013. Stevens, a pilot, is assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. The unit's airmen transported the last cargo from Sharana before command of the base was transferred to the Afghan Ministry of Defense.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Brent Stevens flies a C-130 Hercules aircraft to Forward Operating Base Sharana in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sept. 28, 2013. Stevens, a pilot, is assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. The unit's airmen transported the last cargo from Sharana before command of the base was transferred to the Afghan Ministry of Defense.

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