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A pair of UH1-H medical evacuation helicopters wait for their crew members to return after dropping off a casualty at a battalion aid station on Forward Operating Base Diamondback, Mosul, Iraq, July 31, 2009.

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A pair of UH1-H medical evacuation helicopters wait for their crew members to return after dropping off a casualty at a battalion aid station on Forward Operating Base Diamondback, Mosul, Iraq, July 31, 2009.

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