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U.S. Marines Corps pilots return to Camp Bastion in their AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter following a routine mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 28, 2013. The pilots are assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369.

U.S. Marines Corps pilots return to Camp Bastion in their AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter following a routine mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 28, 2013. The pilots are assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369.

U.S. Marines Corps pilots return to Camp Bastion in their AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter following a routine mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 28, 2013. The pilots are assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369.

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