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Air Force Senior Airman Jimmy Spillers, left, and Sgt. Brian Chewning observe an air drop from a C-17 Globemaster III during Rim of the Pacific 2012 over Pohakuloa on the Big Island, Hawaii, July 31, 2012. The cargo simulates pallets of humanitarian assistance supplies that roll off the back ramp of the cargo plane and parachute to the ground. The airmen are assigned to the 535th Airlift Squadron.

AIR DROP

Air Force Senior Airman Jimmy Spillers, left, and Sgt. Brian Chewning observe an air drop from a C-17 Globemaster III during Rim of the Pacific 2012 over Pohakuloa on the Big Island, Hawaii, July 31, 2012. The cargo simulates pallets of humanitarian assistance supplies that roll off the back ramp of the cargo plane and parachute to the ground. The airmen are assigned to the 535th Airlift Squadron.

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