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Research Flight

Air Force Maj. Catherine Olszewski flies a modified EC-130J during Operation Blood Rain near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Aug. 5, 2021. Blood Rain is a U.S. Special Operations Command research project testing the safety of blood for transfusion after it has experienced environmental and gravitational forces during an airdrop.

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