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C-17 makes first polar airdrop

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Airmen here load pallets of fuel onto a C-17 Globemaster III to support the C-17 Globemaster III's first polar airdrop. About 10,000 gallons of fuel were dropped to help National Science Foundation scientists near the North Pole. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kevin J. Tosh Jr.)

PHOTO BY: Kevin J. Tosh Jr.
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