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U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron load pallets of humanitarian relief supplies onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at a location in Southwest Asia on May 20, 2009, prior to the supplies being delivered to Pakistan. It is the first mission to deliver aid to displaced refugees in the Swat Valley of Pakistan.

U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron load pallets of humanitarian relief supplies onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at a location in Southwest Asia on May 20, 2009, prior to the supplies being delivered to Pakistan.

U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron load pallets of humanitarian relief supplies onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at a location in Southwest Asia on May 20, 2009, prior to the supplies being delivered to Pakistan. It is the first mission to deliver aid to displaced refugees in the Swat Valley of Pakistan.

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