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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tommy Atkinson, right, pilots a C-130H Hercules over Afghanistan on a humanitarian mission, Aug. 25, 2009. The airmen of the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron have been dropping an average of five to eight tons of supplies and equipment per mission to coalition forces and Afghan civilians.

AFGHAN AIRDROP

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tommy Atkinson, right, pilots a C-130H Hercules over Afghanistan on a humanitarian mission, Aug. 25, 2009. The airmen of the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron have been dropping an average of five to eight tons of supplies and equipment per mission to coalition forces and Afghan civilians.

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