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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chris Cofer, back, monitors a parachute mission during exercise Cope South near Sylhet, Bangladesh, Jan. 24, 2015. Cofer is a loadmaster assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chris Cofer, back, monitors a parachute mission during exercise Cope South near Sylhet, Bangladesh, Jan. 24, 2015. Cofer is a loadmaster assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chris Cofer, back, monitors a parachute mission during exercise Cope South near Sylhet, Bangladesh, Jan. 24, 2015. Cofer is a loadmaster assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan.

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