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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joseph Herrera, a crew chief with the 64th Expeditionary Helicopter Maintenance Unit, signals other crew chiefs and loadmasters as a winch system drags an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, on July 12, 2008. Herrera is deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.

Tech. Sgt. Joseph Herrera signals other crew chiefs and loadmasters.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joseph Herrera, a crew chief with the 64th Expeditionary Helicopter Maintenance Unit, signals other crew chiefs and loadmasters as a winch system drags an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, on July 12, 2008. Herrera is deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.

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