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Airmen from the U.S. Air Force 10th Airlift Squadron walk across the airfield to a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on Nov. 29, 2012. The airmen are beginning a two-month deployment where they will operate out of two bases to fly missions concentrated in and around Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa.

Airmen walk across the airfield to a C-17 Globemaster III

Airmen from the U.S. Air Force 10th Airlift Squadron walk across the airfield to a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on Nov. 29, 2012. The airmen are beginning a two-month deployment where they will operate out of two bases to fly missions concentrated in and around Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa.

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