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Pre-positioning weapons at Balad to save $1.3M

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Darryl Sterling, 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron customer service and equipment section chief, checks the serial number on an M-16 rifle here, April 5. Balad Air Base has been chosen by Air Force leadership to be the test base for a weapons pre-positioning initiative that is expected to save the Air Force, approximately $1.3 million per year in transportation costs. Sergeant Sterling is deployed from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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