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Australian army Col. Richard Mallet, left, deputy chief of staff for security force assistance, Train, Advise and Assist Command-South, and Australian army Col. Mitch Kent, commander of the Afghan army 205th Corps Advisory Team for TAAC-South, discuss their aerial battlefield familiarization flight plan at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 4, 2015.

Australian army Col. Richard Mallet, left, deputy chief of staff for security force assistance, Train, Advise and Assist Command-South, and Australian army Col. Mitch Kent, commander of the Afghan army 205th Corps Advisory Team for TAAC-South, discuss their aerial battlefield familiarization flight plan at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 4, 2015.

Australian army Col. Richard Mallet, left, deputy chief of staff for security force assistance, Train, Advise and Assist Command-South, and Australian army Col. Mitch Kent, commander of the Afghan army 205th Corps Advisory Team for TAAC-South, discuss their aerial battlefield familiarization flight plan at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 4, 2015.

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