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An MQ-9 Reaper waits out a haboob beneath a shelter on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 8, 2008. Haboobs are sandstorms that result from the collapse of thunderstorm cells.

THE WAITING GAME

An MQ-9 Reaper waits out a haboob beneath a shelter on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 8, 2008. Haboobs are sandstorms that result from the collapse of thunderstorm cells.

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