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Air Force Special Operations Command

23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, walk toward a C-130 Hercules at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, wait to board a C-130 Hercules at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, wait to board a C-130 Hercules at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, go over drop zones and proper flight paths at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, go over drop zones and proper flight paths at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, go over drop zones and proper flight paths at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, go over drop zones and proper flight paths at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, inspect each other's parachute rigging at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., look out the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., wait to jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., wait to jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., wait to jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., wait to jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., wait to jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., wait to jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

A U.S. Air Force jump master from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., goes over final calculations before his troops jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

U.S. Air Force members from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., jump out of the back of a C-130 Hercules Sept. 27, 2010. The airmen will practice combat operations in the Santa Rosa Sound. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Russell E Cooley IV/Released)

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23rd STS Airmen jump from sky to sound

Published Nov. 9, 2010