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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Philip Nicholson, right, inspects Staff Sgt. Benjamin Johnis' parachute before a training jump on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 15, 2011. Nicholson, the airborne noncommissioned officer in charge, is assigned to the 820th Red Horse Squadron. Johnis is an survive, evade, resist and extract specialist assigned to the 414th Combat Training Squadron.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Philip Nicholson, right, inspects Staff Sgt. Benjamin Johnis' parachute before a training jump on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 15, 2011. Nicholson, the airborne noncommissioned officer in charge, is assigned to the 820th Red Horse Squadron. Johnis is an survive, evade, resist and extract specialist assigned to the 414th Combat Training Squadron.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Philip Nicholson, right, inspects Staff Sgt. Benjamin Johnis' parachute before a training jump on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 15, 2011. Nicholson, the airborne noncommissioned officer in charge, is assigned to the 820th Red Horse Squadron. Johnis is an survive, evade, resist and extract specialist assigned to the 414th Combat Training Squadron.

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