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Paratroopers board a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Aviano Air Base, before participating in airborne operations onto Juliet drop zone in Pordenone, Italy, Dec. 12, 2017. The air crew is assigned to the 86th Air Wing. Army photo by Paolo Bovo

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