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U.S. Army soldiers pop smoke as they wait for UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to extract them from the side of a mountain in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 23, 2009. Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division's1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment planned and executed the operation, and the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade provided support.

BLACK HAWK WAIT

U.S. Army soldiers pop smoke as they wait for UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to extract them from the side of a mountain in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 23, 2009. Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division's1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment planned and executed the operation, and the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade provided support.

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