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U.S. Air Force airman, Marines, soldiers and a Royal Air Force airman, some serving as survival and escape specialists, conduct competency airborne training from a C-130 Hercules aircraft over Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, July 23, 2009. The airmen are assigned to the 342nd Training Squadron.

LACKLAND LANDSCAPE

U.S. Air Force airman, Marines, soldiers and a Royal Air Force airman, some serving as survival and escape specialists, conduct competency airborne training from a C-130 Hercules aircraft over Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, July 23, 2009. The airmen are assigned to the 342nd Training Squadron.

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