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Air Force team provides critical care to Afghan avalanche victims.

Master Sgt. Chris Banks, a medic with the 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group, shouts instructions while attending to injured village members on a Mi-17 helicopter Jan 24, 2012. Due to the severity of the injuries, Banks relayed the need for immediate ambulatory services at the landing zone to the aircrew. American and Afghan Airmen conducted a rescue mission in the Badakshan province; Afghanistan after an avalanche trapped and injured members of Shewa Village. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

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