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A combat controller from the 21st Special Tactics Squadron checks the wind prior to his team boarding the plane to perform a high altitude, low opening parachute jump at Raeford Drop Zone Oct. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stacia Zachary)

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Master Sgt. Bruce Hurst, 21st Special Tactics Squadron combat controller, straps on his military parachute before boarding a prop plane and performing a HALO jump at Raeford Drop Zone Oct. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stacia Zachary)

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Tech. Sgt. Dennis Jones, 23rd Fighter Group SERE instructor and training manager, jumped at Raeford Drop Zone Oct. 13 with combat controllers from the 21st Special Tactics Squadron to meet his training qualifications for HALO parachute jumps. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stacia Zachary)

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A combat controller from the 21st Special Tactics Squadron lands at Raeford Drop Zone after a HALO parachute jump Oct. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stacia Zachary)

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Special Ops Airmen prepare to fall

Published Oct. 19, 2006