A paratrooper from Attack Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team speaks with village elders in Chak District, Wardak province, during Operation Talon Purge, Sept. 24, the largest air assault operation the Sky soldiers of the 173rd ABCT and their Afghan counterparts executed since their arrival in theater. Coalition, Afghan forces conduct Air Assault in Chak 324443

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