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IN THE SKIES OF AFGHANISTAN Help coming from above

Arkansas C-130 crews make a difference in war

Posted: August 30, 2009 at 7:02 a.m.

U.S. Marine Will Betz trains his machine gun Friday on Taliban forces after being shot at during a patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

The war in Afghanistan has raged over the past eight years, fought primarily by U.S. Special Forces and foreign allies as Iraq's violence held America's attention.

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