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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Etterley-Crown pushes a container delivery system bundle of water onto a C-17 Globemaster III for a humanitarian airdrop over the area of Amirli, Iraq, Aug. 30, 2014. Two C-17s and two C-130 Hercules dropped 10,545 gallons of water and 7,056 Halal meals, ready to eat. Etterley-Crown, an air transport shift supervisor, is assigned to the 8th Expeditionary Airfield Management Squadron.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Etterley-Crown pushes a container delivery system bundle of water onto a C-17 Globemaster III for a humanitarian airdrop over the area of Amirli, Iraq, Aug. 30, 2014. Two C-17s and two C-130 Hercules dropped 10,545 gallons of water and 7,056 Halal meals, ready to eat. Etterley-Crown, an air transport shift supervisor, is assigned to the 8th Expeditionary Airfield Management Squadron.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Etterley-Crown pushes a container delivery system bundle of water onto a C-17 Globemaster III for a humanitarian airdrop over the area of Amirli, Iraq, Aug. 30, 2014. Two C-17s and two C-130 Hercules dropped 10,545 gallons of water and 7,056 Halal meals, ready to eat. Etterley-Crown, an air transport shift supervisor, is assigned to the 8th Expeditionary Airfield Management Squadron.

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