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Air Force special operations survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a high altitude low opening parachute drop over Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 13, 2017. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita

Low Opening Leap

Air Force special operations survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a high altitude low opening parachute drop over Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 13, 2017. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita

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