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Three Marines perform a balancing act as they lift a rotor blade of a CH-53 Super Stallion during maintenance on the aircraft at Al Asad, Iraq, on May 21, 2005. The Marines are attached to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 deployed from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.

Three Marines perform a balancing act as they lift a rotor blade of a CH-53 Super Stallion.

Three Marines perform a balancing act as they lift a rotor blade of a CH-53 Super Stallion during maintenance on the aircraft at Al Asad, Iraq, on May 21, 2005. The Marines are attached to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 deployed from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.

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