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A CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew prepares the aircraft for an early morning departure from Buckley Air Force Base, in Aurora, Colo., Dec. 10, 2008. The helicopter crew, assigned to the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, is flying to Fort Carson, Colo., to give paratroopers assigned to 10th Special Forces Group, Airborne, a platform from which to perform airborne operations.

MORNING BOARDING

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew prepares the aircraft for an early morning departure from Buckley Air Force Base, in Aurora, Colo., Dec. 10, 2008. The helicopter crew, assigned to the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, is flying to Fort Carson, Colo., to give paratroopers assigned to 10th Special Forces Group, Airborne, a platform from which to perform airborne operations.

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