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Flares dropped out the back of a KC-130J aircraft by U.S. Marines light up the sky and ground during a battlefield illumination mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 18, 2014.

Flares dropped out the back of a KC-130J aircraft by U.S. Marines light up the sky and ground during a battlefield illumination mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 18, 2014.

Flares dropped out the back of a KC-130J aircraft by U.S. Marines light up the sky and ground during a battlefield illumination mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 18, 2014.

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