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Air Force Airman 1st Class Shelby Duncan, right, and Senior Airman Jamie Richardson-Granger prepare for Army Special Forces soldiers to conduct a high-altitude, low opening jump from a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft over Yakima Training Center, Wash., April 23, 2014.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Shelby Duncan, right, and Senior Airman Jamie Richardson-Granger prepare for Army Special Forces soldiers to conduct a high-altitude, low opening jump from a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft over Yakima Training Center, Wash., April 23, 2014.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Shelby Duncan, right, and Senior Airman Jamie Richardson-Granger prepare for Army Special Forces soldiers to conduct a high-altitude, low opening jump from a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft over Yakima Training Center, Wash., April 23, 2014.

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