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U.S. Air Force personnel prepare a C-17 Globemaster III at Uta Poa, Thailand, for a mission to Banda Ache, Indonesia, on Jan. 9, 2005. U.S. service men and women are working to deliver humanitarian relief supplies and provide medical assistance to the tsunami-stricken countries as part of Operation Unified Assistance.

U.S. Air Force personnel prepare a C-17 Globemaster III for a mission.

U.S. Air Force personnel prepare a C-17 Globemaster III at Uta Poa, Thailand, for a mission to Banda Ache, Indonesia, on Jan. 9, 2005. U.S. service men and women are working to deliver humanitarian relief supplies and provide medical assistance to the tsunami-stricken countries as part of Operation Unified Assistance.

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