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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matt Pease, a Raven assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, loads a pallet containing humanitarian relief supplies destined for Pakistan into the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at a location in Southwest Asia on May 20, 2009. This is the first mission to deliver aid to displaced refugees in the Swat Valley of Pakistan.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matt Pease, a Raven assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, loads a pallet containing humanitarian relief supplies destined for Pakistan into the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at a location in Southwest Asia on May 20, 2009.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matt Pease, a Raven assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, loads a pallet containing humanitarian relief supplies destined for Pakistan into the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at a location in Southwest Asia on May 20, 2009. This is the first mission to deliver aid to displaced refugees in the Swat Valley of Pakistan.

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