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As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chuck Massing unloads gear to be loaded onto a C-130E Hercules aircraft before departing for Haiti, Jan. 13, 2010. Massing, a C-130 Hercules aircraft loadmaster, is assigned to the 6th Special Operations Squadron based in Hurlburt Field, Fla.

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As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chuck Massing unloads gear to be loaded onto a C-130E Hercules aircraft before departing for Haiti, Jan. 13, 2010. Massing, a C-130 Hercules aircraft loadmaster, is assigned to the 6th Special Operations Squadron based in Hurlburt Field, Fla.

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