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U.S. Army Spc. Jimmy Rop uses a push broom to remove snow from a UH-60 Black Hawk medieval helicopter on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2014. Rop is a crew chief assigned to Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment.

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U.S. Army Spc. Jimmy Rop uses a push broom to remove snow from a UH-60 Black Hawk medieval helicopter on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2014. Rop is a crew chief assigned to Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment.

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