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Soldiers hot load a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, Nov. 12, 2013. The aircrew, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, conducted a mission to move personnel and cargo over eastern Afghanistan.

Soldiers hot load a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, Nov. 12, 2013. The aircrew, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, conducted a mission to move personnel and cargo over eastern Afghanistan.

Soldiers hot load a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, Nov. 12, 2013. The aircrew, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, conducted a mission to move personnel and cargo over eastern Afghanistan.

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