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An aviator stands outside a CH-47F Chinook helicopter at Kahiltna Glacier base camp on Mount McKinley, Alaska, April 27, 2015. The soldiers and Chinooks are assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment.

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An aviator stands outside a CH-47F Chinook helicopter at Kahiltna Glacier base camp on Mount McKinley, Alaska, April 27, 2015. The soldiers and Chinooks are assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment.

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