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U.S. Air Force Capts. Braden Gross, left. and Jennifer Nolta, right, take off in a C-5M Super Galaxy from an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Oct. 6, 2014. Gross and Nolta were among airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron who transported more than 11 million pounds of cargo in a 50-day period as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan.

U.S. Air Force Capts. Braden Gross, left. and Jennifer Nolta, right, take off in a C-5M Super Galaxy from an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Oct. 6, 2014. Gross and Nolta were among airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron who transported more than 11 million pounds of cargo in a 50-day period as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan.

U.S. Air Force Capts. Braden Gross, left. and Jennifer Nolta, right, take off in a C-5M Super Galaxy from an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Oct. 6, 2014. Gross and Nolta were among airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron who transported more than 11 million pounds of cargo in a 50-day period as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan.

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