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Airmen parachute from an aircraft on to a frozen sea.

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Airmen parachute from an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft on to the frozen Beaufort Sea several hundred miles north of the Alaskan coastline, March 5, 2018. The airmen are assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard's 212th Rescue Squadron.

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