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U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Bowers reloads a M240B machine gun aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during aerial door gunnery at a training site in southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2014. Bowers is a crew chief assigned to the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Flying Dragons.

U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Bowers reloads a M240B machine gun aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during aerial door gunnery at a training site in southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2014. Bowers is a crew chief assigned to the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Flying Dragons.

U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Bowers reloads a M240B machine gun aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during aerial door gunnery at a training site in southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2014. Bowers is a crew chief assigned to the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Flying Dragons.

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