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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Corbin Long, left, and U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Bowers fly a U.S. flag from the ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at a training site in southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2014. Corbin and Matthew are crew chiefs assigned to the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Flying Dragons.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Corbin Long, left, and U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Bowers fly a U.S. flag from the ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at a training site in southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2014. Corbin and Matthew are crew chiefs assigned to the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Flying Dragons.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Corbin Long, left, and U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Bowers fly a U.S. flag from the ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at a training site in southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2014. Corbin and Matthew are crew chiefs assigned to the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Flying Dragons.

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