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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Hunter Rains inspects the tail rotor blade on an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 2, 2010. Rains is a crew chief assigned to the 33rd Expeditionary Helicopter Maintenance Unit.

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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Hunter Rains inspects the tail rotor blade on an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 2, 2010. Rains is a crew chief assigned to the 33rd Expeditionary Helicopter Maintenance Unit.

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