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U.S. Air Force Operates, Air Evacs Polish K-9

TRANSIT CENTER AT MANAS, Kyrgyzstan - Edy and his handler, Polish Corporal Daniel Bieganski, left, just finished a six-month deployment to Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan. They were on their way home through the Transit Center when Edy, a 5-year-old German Sheppard, needed life-saving surgery Nov. 16. Clockwise from left, the hander comforts Edy while U.S. Army Dr. (Capt.) Raghavan Sampathkumaran, veternarian; U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Katherine Sungy, operating room nurse; and U.S. Air Force Maj. Susan Dickerson, chief nurse prepare the dog for surgery. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Bevier)

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