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Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Miller, center, and Air Force Col. Trey Turner, right, escort Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates while touring the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Ramp on Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2008. Gates was in Afghanistan to receive operational updates and talk to soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines during a town hall meeting. Miller is the 42d Expeditionary Air Attack Squadron commander and Turner is the 451st Air Expeditionary Group commander.

KANDAHAR VISIT

Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Miller, center, and Air Force Col. Trey Turner, right, escort Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates while touring the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Ramp on Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2008. Gates was in Afghanistan to receive operational updates and talk to soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines during a town hall meeting. Miller is the 42d Expeditionary Air Attack Squadron commander and Turner is the 451st Air Expeditionary Group commander.

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