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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Chris Koch loads one of 40 bundles of humanitarian supplies into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in preparation for a Joint Precision Airdrop Delivery System to a drop zone in Afghanistan on Jan. 14, 2008. Koch is a loadmaster from the 17th Airlift Squadron out of Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and is deployed to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Southwest Asia.

Staff Sgt. Chris Koch loads one of 40 bundles of humanitarian supplies.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Chris Koch loads one of 40 bundles of humanitarian supplies into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in preparation for a Joint Precision Airdrop Delivery System to a drop zone in Afghanistan on Jan. 14, 2008. Koch is a loadmaster from the 17th Airlift Squadron out of Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and is deployed to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Southwest Asia.

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