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Staff Sgt. Michael Lynn, U.S. Air Force, stands by for the engine start-up of a C-130 Hercules aircraft prior to a cargo mission from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2008. Lynn is a loadmaster assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and deployed from the 105th Airlift Squadron, Tennessee Air National Guard, Nashville, Tenn.

Staff Sgt. Michael Lynn stands by for the engine start-up.

Staff Sgt. Michael Lynn, U.S. Air Force, stands by for the engine start-up of a C-130 Hercules aircraft prior to a cargo mission from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2008. Lynn is a loadmaster assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and deployed from the 105th Airlift Squadron, Tennessee Air National Guard, Nashville, Tenn.

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