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Air Force Master Sgt. Ryan Atkinson gives a thumbs-up to the driver of a Japanese army vehicle as it is loaded onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft in Chitose, Japan, April 18, 2016. Atkinson is a loadmaster assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Washburn

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Air Force Master Sgt. Ryan Atkinson gives a thumbs-up to the driver of a Japanese army vehicle as it is loaded onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft in Chitose, Japan, April 18, 2016. Atkinson is a loadmaster assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Washburn

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