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U.S. Air Force Capt. David Snodgrass checks his night-vision goggles before his flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 4, 2010. Snodgrass is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., and assigned to the 79th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron.

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U.S. Air Force Capt. David Snodgrass checks his night-vision goggles before his flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 4, 2010. Snodgrass is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., and assigned to the 79th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron.

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