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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Derek Johnson rigs a static line parachute on a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft for an airdrop out of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 27, 2013. Johnson, a loadmaster, is assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Derek Johnson rigs a static line parachute on a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft for an airdrop out of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 27, 2013. Johnson, a loadmaster, is assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Derek Johnson rigs a static line parachute on a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft for an airdrop out of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 27, 2013. Johnson, a loadmaster, is assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron.

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