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U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 replace the rotor blades on a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter in Al Asad, Iraq, on March 6, 2005. The Marines are deployed from Marine Corps Air Station New River, Fla.

U.S. Marines replace the rotor blades on a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter.

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 replace the rotor blades on a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter in Al Asad, Iraq, on March 6, 2005. The Marines are deployed from Marine Corps Air Station New River, Fla.

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