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Fred Zimmerman/Stars and StripesThe Philippines, February, 2004: A CH-46 helicopter from Okinawa-based Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-262 flies through the mountains a day before the opening of Exercise Balikatan 2004. More than 2,500 U.S. and 2,300 Filipino military personnel were to take part in the two-week annual exercise.

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