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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Braach, left, Airman 1st Class Irving Adams, center, and Senior Airman Wally Carney clown around before departing on a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft on Ali Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2011. Braach, Adams and Carney are fire fighters assigned to the 407th Air Expeditionary Group.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Braach, left, Airman 1st Class Irving Adams, center, and Senior Airman Wally Carney clown around before departing on a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft on Ali Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2011. Braach, Adams and Carney are fire fighters assigned to the 407th Air Expeditionary Group.

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