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U.S. Air Force Capt. Lauren Hoyt and U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Mark Benischeck fly a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over southern Afghanistan, Jan. 25, 2014. Hoyt and Benischeck are pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. The crew landed on Kandahar Airfield to airlift mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles out of Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom retrograde operations.

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U.S. Air Force Capt. Lauren Hoyt and U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Mark Benischeck fly a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over southern Afghanistan, Jan. 25, 2014. Hoyt and Benischeck are pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. The crew landed on Kandahar Airfield to airlift mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles out of Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom retrograde operations.

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