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U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Chris Tellsworth, a pararescueman with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, performs a military tandem tethered bundle jump with a 500-pound payload from an HC-130 aircraft during a training exercise off the coast of Djibouti, Dec. 4, 2008. The squadron is assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa and is based out of Camp Lemonier, Djibouti.

DJIBOUTI DROP

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Chris Tellsworth, a pararescueman with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, performs a military tandem tethered bundle jump with a 500-pound payload from an HC-130 aircraft during a training exercise off the coast of Djibouti, Dec. 4, 2008. The squadron is assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa and is based out of Camp Lemonier, Djibouti.

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