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A Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 lands in the desert during a joint training mission with the French Navy commandos in Djibouti, June 3, 2009.

DESERT DUST

A Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 lands in the desert during a joint training mission with the French Navy commandos in Djibouti, June 3, 2009.

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