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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class David Schmitz, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, loads pallets onto a C-17 Globemaster III before an air drop mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 18, 2010. Schmitz is deployed from the 4th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash.

PALLET LOAD

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class David Schmitz, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, loads pallets onto a C-17 Globemaster III before an air drop mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 18, 2010. Schmitz is deployed from the 4th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash.

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