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U.S. Marines hook chains to recover a downed French F-2000 Mirage aircraft and an M88 Recovery Vehicle to drag the jet away from the area saturated with fuel prior to recovering it in the Bakwa District, Afghanistan, May 27, 2011. The Marines are assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Marine Logistics Group which took the lead on the mission.

U.S. Marines hook chains to recover a downed French F-2000 Mirage aircraft and an M88 Recovery Vehicle to drag the jet away from the area saturated with fuel prior to recovering it in the Bakwa District, Afghanistan, May 27, 2011. The Marines are assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Marine Logistics Group which took the lead on the mission.

U.S. Marines hook chains to recover a downed French F-2000 Mirage aircraft and an M88 Recovery Vehicle to drag the jet away from the area saturated with fuel prior to recovering it in the Bakwa District, Afghanistan, May 27, 2011. The Marines are assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Marine Logistics Group which took the lead on the mission.

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