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C-130 Hercules tail No. 79282 from the 440th Airlift Wing at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., was dedicated Oct. 5, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to the Army's 82nd Airborne in honor of the cohesion of the Air Force and the Army in Afghanistan. The plane sports "Bragg-Pope" on its tail flash representing the close relationship between the Fort Bragg, N.C., and Pope AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)


C-130 dedication honors 82nd Airborne Soldiers in Afghanistan

C-130 Hercules tail No. 79282 from the 440th Airlift Wing at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., was dedicated Oct. 5, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to the Army's 82nd Airborne in honor of the cohesion of the Air Force and the Army in Afghanistan. The plane sports "Bragg-Pope" on its tail flash representing the close relationship between the Fort Bragg, N.C., and Pope AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)

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Master Sgt. Angela Psket, a dedicated crew chief with the 440th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, right, and Staff Sgt. Darren Ricchiazzi, assistant crew chief serving as an augmentee with the 440th AMXS, recently earned rare black-letter flights on their C-130H2 Hercules aircraft, pictured, at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., November 2015. A black-letter is awarded when maintenance inspectors find no discrepancies on an aircraft prior to its flight, and is a very rare event for C-130 maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Justin Clark)
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