Air Force Senior Airman Rory Nowosielski, a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, stands on the ramp as container delivery system bundles exit the aircraft during a high altitude airdrop mission in Afghanistan Feb. 14, 2009, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The CDS bundles contain food and water. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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Air Force Capt. Matt Pinkerton (left), a C-17 Globemaster III pilot, scans the horizon while Capt. Joe Beal (right), also a C-17 pilot from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, flies a mission over Afghanistan on Feb. 14, 2009, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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A C-17 Globemaster III aircrew from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loads container delivery system bundles onto the aircraft prior to an airdrop mission in Afghanistan on Feb. 14, 2009, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The CDS bundles contain food and water. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Steve Gore, a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, completes an airdrop evaluation prior to an airdrop mission over Afghanistan Feb. 14, 2009, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rory Nowosielski, a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, stands on the ramp as container delivery system bundles exit the aircraft during a high altitude airdrop mission in Afghanistan Feb. 14, 2009, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The CDS bundles contain food and water.(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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Container delivery system bundles fall to the drop zone after exiting an 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III during a high altitude airdrop mission in Afghanistan Feb. 14, 2009, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The CDS bundles contain food and water. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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Container delivery system bundles fall to the drop zone after exiting an 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III during a high altitude airdrop mission in Afghanistan Feb. 14, 2009, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The CDS bundles contain food and water. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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C-17 crew airdrops food, water into Afghanistan

Published Feb. 15, 2009

Air Force Senior Airman Rory Nowosielski, a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, stands on the ramp as container delivery system bundles exit the aircraft during a high altitude airdrop mission in Afghanistan Feb. 14, 2009, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The CDS bundles contain food and water. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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