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Life support keeps Bagram in the fight

Staff Sgt. Courtney Martin, an aircrew flight equipment technician assigned to the 510th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, performs a preflight inspection of a helmet at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 2, 2010. Sergeant Martin is a native of Jackson, Tenn. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz)

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Life support keeps Bagram in the fight

Published Sept. 9, 2010