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U.S. servicemembers exit a C-130 Hercules aircraft on Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 10, 2008. The 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron has transported personnel and equipment since it was stood up in January 2006, preventing about 10,000 convoy vehicles and about 27,000 servicemembers from traveling along Iraqi roads.

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U.S. servicemembers exit a C-130 Hercules aircraft on Balad Air Base, Iraq, May 10, 2008. The 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron has transported personnel and equipment since it was stood up in January 2006, preventing about 10,000 convoy vehicles and about 27,000 servicemembers from traveling along Iraqi roads.

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