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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Crystal Myers, Chaplain (Lt. Col.) James Kinsey, and Senior Airman Jonathan Blythe visit with Firuza Nurahunova, a 14-year-old Kyrgyz girl who had open-heart surgery to repair a faulty valve, at a hospital in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 21, 2010. The Manas Area Benefits Outreach Society at the Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan paid for Firuza's surgery and 150 other surgeries with more than $75,000 in donations from airmen and other Americans.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Crystal Myers, Chaplain (Lt. Col.) James Kinsey, and Senior Airman Jonathan Blythe visit with Firuza Nurahunova, a 14-year-old Kyrgyz girl who had open-heart surgery to repair a faulty valve, at a hospital in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 21, 2010. The Manas Area Benefits Outreach Society at the Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan paid for Firuza's surgery and 150 other surgeries with more than $75,000 in donations from airmen and other Americans.

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