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U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft loadmaster MASTER SGT. Robin Baird, communicates on a radio during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 11, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

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U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT Steve Medina, C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft crew chief, 36th Airlift Squadron, pauses during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 11, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

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U.S. Air Force 36th Aircraft Squadron loadmasters, SENIOR AIRMAN Jacob Scott (right) and STAFF SGT. Brian Digsby (left), go over final weights and balances in a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft before departing for Exercise Keen Sword 2004 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 11, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Cohen A. Young) (Released)

U.S. Air Force personnel prepare a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, for an air drop during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 11, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force personnel prepare a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, for an air drop during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 11, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force crew chief STAFF SGT. Ricardo Santiago foreground, and loadmaster MASTER SGT. Robin Baird, background, conduct a pre-flight check on a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 11, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

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Base: Yokota Air Base

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Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis

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