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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton is hoisted up to a rescue helicopter during exercise Pacific Thunder near Osan Air Base in South Korea, Nov. 3, 2011. Colliton is a survival evasion resistance escape specialist assigned to the 18th Operation Support Squadron.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton is hoisted up to a rescue helicopter during exercise Pacific Thunder near Osan Air Base in South Korea, Nov. 3, 2011. Colliton is a survival evasion resistance escape specialist assigned to the 18th Operation Support Squadron.

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