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Paratroopers load onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during Battalion Mass Tactical Week at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., July 12, 2016. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sandra Welch

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Paratroopers load onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during Battalion Mass Tactical Week at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., July 12, 2016. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sandra Welch

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