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U.S. Air Force airmen from the 451st Aerial Port Flight push a pallet of cargo as they unload a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 29, 2010. Airmen with the flight handled more than 26 million pounds of cargo in the month of September.

U.S. Air Force airmen push a pallet of cargo as they unload a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.

U.S. Air Force airmen from the 451st Aerial Port Flight push a pallet of cargo as they unload a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Sept. 29, 2010. Airmen with the flight handled more than 26 million pounds of cargo in the month of September.

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