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Pallets descend to the ground after being air dropped from a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft over the outskirts of Ghorak village in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, June 27, 2013.

PALLET DROP

Pallets descend to the ground after being air dropped from a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft over the outskirts of Ghorak village in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, June 27, 2013.

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