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Bundles drop from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during a combat cargo drop over a drop zone in Afghanistan on Oct. 11, 2007. Sixty-two cargo bundles in all were dropped by the flight during the mission.

Bundles drop from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.

Bundles drop from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during a combat cargo drop over a drop zone in Afghanistan on Oct. 11, 2007. Sixty-two cargo bundles in all were dropped by the flight during the mission.

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