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Support personnel for the U.S. Navy load equipment onto a Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan aircraft in Coronado, Calif., May 13, 2008, before beginning the exercise Bold Monarch 2008. The deep submergence unit on Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., and personnel from several other countries will participate in a live submarine escape and rescue exercise.

ANTONOV AIRCRAFT

Support personnel for the U.S. Navy load equipment onto a Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan aircraft in Coronado, Calif., May 13, 2008, before beginning the exercise Bold Monarch 2008. The deep submergence unit on Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., and personnel from several other countries will participate in a live submarine escape and rescue exercise.

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