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Crewmembers aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft prepare to offload wounded personnel from Balad Air Base, Iraq, into a 386th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility bus in Southwest Asia on Jan. 17, 2007.

Crewmembers aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft prepare to offload wounded personnel.

Crewmembers aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft prepare to offload wounded personnel from Balad Air Base, Iraq, into a 386th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility bus in Southwest Asia on Jan. 17, 2007.

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