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U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft taxi out for a mission during a seven-ship sortie on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 4, 2010. The C-130 crews are assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, which provides C-130 aircrews to conduct theater airlift, special operations, aeromedical evacuation, search and rescue, repatriation and humanitarian relief missions.

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U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft taxi out for a mission during a seven-ship sortie on Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 4, 2010. The C-130 crews are assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, which provides C-130 aircrews to conduct theater airlift, special operations, aeromedical evacuation, search and rescue, repatriation and humanitarian relief missions.

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