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U.S. Air Force pararescuemen conduct pre-flight checks on their parachutes before boarding an HC-130 Hercules aircraft for a training jump over Djibouti March 13, 2008. The men are assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.

JUMP OVER DJIBOUTI

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen conduct pre-flight checks on their parachutes before boarding an HC-130 Hercules aircraft for a training jump over Djibouti March 13, 2008. The men are assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.

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