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AMC answers call to help rescue Russian sailors

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A C-5 Galaxy departs here for Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., supporting a humanitarian mission to rescue seven Russian sailors trapped aboard an AS-28 minisubmarine off the Kamchatka peninsula. Once at NAS North Island, Airmen picked up a team of Sailors and two unmanned rescue vehicles, called Super Scorpios. The C-5 continued to Russia nonstop with the help of Air Force aerial refueling aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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