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Crews drop pallets of food and supplies from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules air craft over Bagram Airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Nov., 23, 2011. The C-130 crew is assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. The supplies will go to soldiers at a remote base near Kandahar, Afghanistan.

KANDAHAR DROP

Crews drop pallets of food and supplies from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules air craft over Bagram Airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Nov., 23, 2011. The C-130 crew is assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. The supplies will go to soldiers at a remote base near Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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