Bagram Nights

Bagram Nights

March 21, 2014

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Air Frame: A Halvorsen loader pulls away from a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 11, 2014. The airfield is the busiest single runway in the Defense Department. (Air Force photo by Capt. Brian Wagner) (Click on image above to reach wallpaper version.)

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