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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Adam Azar, left, and Staff Sgt. Ryan Cloudier, take part in a rappelling training course at Hurlburt Field, Fla., on Sept. 20, 2011. Azar and Cloudier are Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the Red Team of the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron.

Air Force pararescuemen take part in a rappelling training course

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Adam Azar, left, and Staff Sgt. Ryan Cloudier, take part in a rappelling training course at Hurlburt Field, Fla., on Sept. 20, 2011. Azar and Cloudier are Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the Red Team of the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron.

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