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U.S. Air Force combat controllers assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command out of Hurlburt Field, Fla., land at a drop zone in Mirebalais, Haiti, where humanitarian aid will be air dropped and distributed by members of the United Nations, Jan 21, 2010. Defense Department assets have been deployed to assist in the Haiti relief effort following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the country Jan. 12, 2010.

U.S. Air Force combat controllers assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command out of Hurlburt Field, Fla., land at a drop zone in Mirebalais, Haiti, where humanitarian aid will be air dropped and distributed by members of the United Nations, Jan 21, 2010. Defense Department assets have been deployed to assist in the Haiti relief effort following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the country Jan. 12, 2010.

U.S. Air Force combat controllers assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command out of Hurlburt Field, Fla., land at a drop zone in Mirebalais, Haiti, where humanitarian aid will be air dropped and distributed by members of the United Nations, Jan 21, 2010. Defense Department assets have been deployed to assist in the Haiti relief effort following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the country Jan. 12, 2010.

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