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U.S. troops retrieve cargo dropped from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III near Forward Operating Base Todd in Afghanistan's Baghdis province, Jan. 6, 2011. The base and more than a dozen nearby combat outposts rely on U.S. and Italian airdrops for all their supplies. The C-17 air crew is from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.

BAGHDIS DROP

U.S. troops retrieve cargo dropped from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III near Forward Operating Base Todd in Afghanistan's Baghdis province, Jan. 6, 2011. The base and more than a dozen nearby combat outposts rely on U.S. and Italian airdrops for all their supplies. The C-17 air crew is from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.

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