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Paratroopers await takeoff as they sit next to a Humvee and 105mm howitzer in the cargo hold of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Pope Field, N.C., Sept. 10, 2011. During the training exercise, crews will use parachutes to transport the heavy equipment from the plane to the drop zone on first pass. The paratroopers will jump on the second pass.

Paratroopers await takeoff as they sit next to a Humvee and 105mm howitzer in the cargo hold of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Pope Field, N.C., Sept. 10, 2011. During the training exercise, crews will use parachutes to transport the heavy equipment from the plane to the drop zone on first pass. The paratroopers will jump on the second pass.

Paratroopers await takeoff as they sit next to a Humvee and 105mm howitzer in the cargo hold of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Pope Field, N.C., Sept. 10, 2011. During the training exercise, crews will use parachutes to transport the heavy equipment from the plane to the drop zone on first pass. The paratroopers will jump on the second pass.

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