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U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officers 2 Jake Finn, left, and Mike Black prepare the cockpit of a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter before a personnel movement mission on Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, Sept. 25, 2013. Finn and Black, pilots, are assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Falcon.

COCKPIT PREPARATIONS

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officers 2 Jake Finn, left, and Mike Black prepare the cockpit of a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter before a personnel movement mission on Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, Sept. 25, 2013. Finn and Black, pilots, are assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Falcon.

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