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The ramp hover

Chris Carter
A CH-47 Chinook lowers onto a roof to receive Afghan Persons Under Control taken by 10th Mountain Division soldiers during Operation Mountain Resolve. The operation, which began on Nov. 7, is currently taking place in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar and Nuristan Provinces. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Greg Heath, 4th Public Affairs Detachment
A CH-47 Chinook lowers onto a roof to receive Afghan Persons Under Control taken by 10th Mountain Division soldiers during Operation Mountain Resolve. The operation, which began on Nov. 7, 2003, took place in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar and Nuristan Provinces. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Greg Heath, 4th Public Affairs Detachment)

The pilot is Larry Murphy of the Pennsylvania National Guard. Murphy is an EMS helicopter pilot when not making daring pickups in Afghanistan. Another photo:

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