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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ernie Botello performs the preflight inspection on his CH-47 Chinook helicopter engines on Forward Operating Base Clark, Afghanistan, before departing on an air assault mission, Nov. 27, 2013. Botello is a crew chief assigned to the 3rd Battalion General Support, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Phoenix, and is deployed from the Oklahoma National Guard.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ernie Botello performs the preflight inspection on his CH-47 Chinook helicopter engines on Forward Operating Base Clark, Afghanistan, before departing on an air assault mission, Nov. 27, 2013. Botello is a crew chief assigned to the 3rd Battalion General Support, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Phoenix, and is deployed from the Oklahoma National Guard.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ernie Botello performs the preflight inspection on his CH-47 Chinook helicopter engines on Forward Operating Base Clark, Afghanistan, before departing on an air assault mission, Nov. 27, 2013. Botello is a crew chief assigned to the 3rd Battalion General Support, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Phoenix, and is deployed from the Oklahoma National Guard.

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