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Lt. Col. Caesar Garduno receives coordinates while flying over Mt. Hood, Ore., Dec. 16. Garduno and his Air National Guard crew were joined by an Air Force Reserve pararescueman searching for three missing climbers.

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Lt. Col. Caesar Garduno receives coordinates while flying over Mt. Hood, Ore., Dec. 16. Garduno and his Air National Guard crew were joined by an Air Force Reserve pararescueman searching for three missing climbers.

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