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U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mike Black performs a preflight inspection on a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter before a personnel movement mission on Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, Sept. 25, 2013. Black, a pilot, is assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Falcon.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mike Black performs a preflight inspection on a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter before a personnel movement mission on Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, Sept. 25, 2013. Black, a pilot, is assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Falcon.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mike Black performs a preflight inspection on a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter before a personnel movement mission on Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, Sept. 25, 2013. Black, a pilot, is assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Falcon.

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