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U.S. Army Capt. Tim Beecher mans the .50-caliber machine gun on the door of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as another Black Hawk flies near the Tora Bora area along the Pakistan border in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 5, 2011.

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U.S. Army Capt. Tim Beecher mans the .50-caliber machine gun on the door of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as another Black Hawk flies near the Tora Bora area along the Pakistan border in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 5, 2011.

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