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U.S. Air Force airmen direct a Canadian Leopard tank into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft for transport from Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, to Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, Oct. 8, 2006. The C-17 and its crew are deployed from the 10th Airlift Squadron at McChord Air Force Base, Wash.

GLOBEMASTER TRANSPORT

U.S. Air Force airmen direct a Canadian Leopard tank into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft for transport from Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, to Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, Oct. 8, 2006. The C-17 and its crew are deployed from the 10th Airlift Squadron at McChord Air Force Base, Wash.

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