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An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter delivers an excavator to the Columbia Canal for the construction of a new dam during a statewide flood response caused by Hurricane Joaquin in Columbia, S.C., Oct. 6, 2015. South Carolina Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Ashleigh S. Pavelek

Chinook Sling-Load

An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter delivers an excavator to the Columbia Canal for the construction of a new dam during a statewide flood response caused by Hurricane Joaquin in Columbia, S.C., Oct. 6, 2015. South Carolina Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Ashleigh S. Pavelek

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