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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Daniel Baker, a loadmaster from the 535th Airlift Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, directs a forklift to the back of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft after arriving on Wake Island to assess the damage left by a super typhoon, Sept. 12, 2006.

LEAVING WAKE ISLAND

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Daniel Baker, a loadmaster from the 535th Airlift Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, directs a forklift to the back of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft after arriving on Wake Island to assess the damage left by a super typhoon, Sept. 12, 2006.

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