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Staff Sgt. Samantha Yanez (center), of the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, carries a package from a U.S. Central Air Forces C-130 as part of a humanitarian relief mission to Kerman, Iran, on Dec. 28, 2003. The C-130 crewmembers and Iranian soldiers offloaded five pallets containing 20 thousand pounds of medical supplies at Kerman two days after a devastating earthquake destroyed the city of Bam, Iran.

Staff Sgt. Samantha Yanez carries a package from a U.S. C-130 as part of a humanitarian relief mission to Kerman, Iran.

Staff Sgt. Samantha Yanez (center), of the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, carries a package from a U.S. Central Air Forces C-130 as part of a humanitarian relief mission to Kerman, Iran, on Dec. 28, 2003. The C-130 crewmembers and Iranian soldiers offloaded five pallets containing 20 thousand pounds of medical supplies at Kerman two days after a devastating earthquake destroyed the city of Bam, Iran.

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