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U.S. Army paratroopers jump from a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during rotary-wing airborne exercises on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 2, 2010. The paratroopers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team. At left are parachutes from the same helicopter already open.

U.S. Army paratroopers jump from a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during rotary-wing airborne exercises on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 2, 2010. The paratroopers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team. At left are parachutes from the same helicopter already open.

U.S. Army paratroopers jump from a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during rotary-wing airborne exercises on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 2, 2010. The paratroopers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team. At left are parachutes from the same helicopter already open.

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