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Aircrew and passengers salute one of their own as members of the Team McGuire Elite Honor Guard carry the remains of a U.S. Air Force airman killed in a C-130 Hercules mishap to a waiting hearse at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., on Dec. 14, 1999. Three servicemen were killed when the C-130 Hercules they were flying in made an emergency landing at Kuwait City, Kuwait, on Dec. 10.

Team McGuire Elite Honor Guard carries the remains of a U.S. Air Force airman.

Aircrew and passengers salute one of their own as members of the Team McGuire Elite Honor Guard carry the remains of a U.S. Air Force airman killed in a C-130 Hercules mishap to a waiting hearse at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., on Dec. 14, 1999. Three servicemen were killed when the C-130 Hercules they were flying in made an emergency landing at Kuwait City, Kuwait, on Dec. 10.

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