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455th AEW Photos

Vulture Airmen gather to mourn the loss of fallen Airmen

Airmen from the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron gather at a fallen comrade memorial ceremony to mourn the loss of six Airmen Oct. 3, 2015, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The six Airmen, four who were pilots and crew members, Capts. Jordan Pierson and Jonathan Golden, Staff Sgt. Ryan Hammond and Senior Airman Quinn Johnson-Harris, and two who were security forces fly away security team members, Airman 1st Class Kcey Ruiz and Senior Airman Nathan Sartain, lost their lives when their C-130J crashed shortly after take-off from Jalalabad Airfield in Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cierra Presentado/Released)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Cierra Presentado
VIRIN: 151003-F-QU482-013.JPG
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