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U.S. Air Force airmen prepare a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, April 13, 2008, to drop 40 bundles of humanitarian supplies using a joint precision airdrop delivery system. The airmen are assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Southwest Asia.

INSIDE A GLOBEMASTER

U.S. Air Force airmen prepare a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, April 13, 2008, to drop 40 bundles of humanitarian supplies using a joint precision airdrop delivery system. The airmen are assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Southwest Asia.

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