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A U.S. Marine Corps Super Stallion helicopter approaches a landing zone in Kalam Valley ahead of a storm during humanitarian relief efforts in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, Aug. 26, 2010. The helicopter is assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165E, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

LANDING ZONE

A U.S. Marine Corps Super Stallion helicopter approaches a landing zone in Kalam Valley ahead of a storm during humanitarian relief efforts in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, Aug. 26, 2010. The helicopter is assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165E, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

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