Pfc. Zach Fike, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew chief from the Texas National Guard, serving under the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, uses a Sheppard's hook to secure the rigging used to attach a sling load beneath the belly of the aircraft during a sling

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Pfc. Zach Fike, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew chief from the Texas National Guard, serving under the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, uses a Sheppard's hook to secure the rigging used to attach a sling load beneath the belly of the aircraft during a sling load mission Oct. 26, at Forward Operating Base Phoenix, Afghanistan.

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