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Caption:
Airmen load a CH-47D Chinook heavy-lift helicopter into the cargo bay
of a C-5 Galaxy Aug. 3 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. More than 950
cargo aircraft, 12,000 tons of cargo and 19,000 passengers are
processed each month, making it the busiest aerial port operation in
the Department of Defense. This C-5 is deployed from the 22nd Airlift
Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The Chinook belongs to the
Army's Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, which is
deployed to Al Toqaddum, Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st
Class Jason Epley (RELEASED)
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