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U.S. Army soldiers with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, examine their CH-47 Chinook helicopter before an aircraft turnover mission at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on Dec. 1, 2009. The aircraft are scheduled to be flown to Talil, Iraq, where Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment will use them for support to Multi-National Division - South.

U.S. Army soldiers examine their CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

U.S. Army soldiers with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, examine their CH-47 Chinook helicopter before an aircraft turnover mission at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on Dec. 1, 2009. The aircraft are scheduled to be flown to Talil, Iraq, where Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment will use them for support to Multi-National Division - South.

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