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U.S. Air Force and Army paratroopers jump from the tail gate of a C-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft during its first personnel drop over southern Germany on May 4, 2009.

U.S. Air Force and Army paratroopers jump from the tail gate of a C-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft.

U.S. Air Force and Army paratroopers jump from the tail gate of a C-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft during its first personnel drop over southern Germany on May 4, 2009.

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