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Soldiers from Fort Sill, Okla., and Air Force loadmasters from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., work together to unload a disassembled CH-47D Chinook helicopter from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on Oct. 21, 2005. The Department of Defense is delivering disaster relief supplies and services as part of a multinational effort to provide aid and support to Pakistan and parts of India and Afghanistan following a devastating earthquake. The helicopter will be re-assembled and forward deployed to Pakistan to deliver supplies to remote areas.

Soldiers and Air Force loadmasters work together to unload a disassembled CH-47D Chinook helicopter.

Soldiers from Fort Sill, Okla., and Air Force loadmasters from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., work together to unload a disassembled CH-47D Chinook helicopter from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on Oct. 21, 2005. The Department of Defense is delivering disaster relief supplies and services as part of a multinational effort to provide aid and support to Pakistan and parts of India and Afghanistan following a devastating earthquake. The helicopter will be re-assembled and forward deployed to Pakistan to deliver supplies to remote areas.

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