A Task Force Saber, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 Chinook hovers as ground crews hook a large generator to the heavy-lift aircraft on Forward Operating Base Joyce, Afghanistan. Late-night Chinook airlifts to deliver critical supplies are common in eastern Afghanistan, where rugged terrain often prohibits resupply to remote outposts via ground convoys. Cover of darkness 574974

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