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A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Calvary Division, takes flight, stirring up the snow as it passes over another UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2011. The helicopters went out on mission the morning after an overnight snow storm.

SNOWY TAKEOFF

A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Calvary Division, takes flight, stirring up the snow as it passes over another UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2011. The helicopters went out on mission the morning after an overnight snow storm.

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