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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Fowler, right, grabs a pack of water bottles to load into an Afghan Army MI-17 helicopter on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2011. Fowler is a aircraft electrical and environmental advisor assigned to the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Fowler, right, grabs a pack of water bottles to load into an Afghan Army MI-17 helicopter on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2011. Fowler is a aircraft electrical and environmental advisor assigned to the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Fowler, right, grabs a pack of water bottles to load into an Afghan Army MI-17 helicopter on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2011. Fowler is a aircraft electrical and environmental advisor assigned to the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.

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