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U.S. Army paratroopers load up into a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft on Aviano Air Base, Italy, before conducting an airborne operation on Juliet drop zone in Pordenone, Italy, Feb. 19, 2015. The hercules crew is assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing from Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

U.S. Army paratroopers load up into a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft on Aviano Air Base, Italy, before conducting an airborne operation on Juliet drop zone in Pordenone, Italy, Feb. 19, 2015. The hercules crew is assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing from Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

U.S. Army paratroopers load up into a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft on Aviano Air Base, Italy, before conducting an airborne operation on Juliet drop zone in Pordenone, Italy, Feb. 19, 2015. The hercules crew is assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing from Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

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