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UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crews conduct a mission to move personnel through Salang Pass in Afghanistan, Jan. 15, 2014. The crews are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 159th Combat Aviation Brigade and the 10th Mountain Division's 10th Combat Aviation Brigade. The crews flew the Black Hawk at more than 15,000 feet above sea level as they traveled through the pass.

SALANG PASS MISSION

UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crews conduct a mission to move personnel through Salang Pass in Afghanistan, Jan. 15, 2014. The crews are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 159th Combat Aviation Brigade and the 10th Mountain Division's 10th Combat Aviation Brigade. The crews flew the Black Hawk at more than 15,000 feet above sea level as they traveled through the pass.

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