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U.S. airmen load gear onto a C-130E Hercules aircraft departing for Haiti, Jan. 13, 2010. U.S. airmen assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing will be part of a U.S. humanitarian relief mission to the earthquake-stricken country.

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U.S. airmen load gear onto a C-130E Hercules aircraft departing for Haiti, Jan. 13, 2010. U.S. airmen assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing will be part of a U.S. humanitarian relief mission to the earthquake-stricken country.

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