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The first C-5A Galaxy assigned to the 167th Airlift Wing, the Air National Guard unit at Martinsburg, West Virginia, made its first training flight from Martinsburg to Newburgh, New York, on 28 March. The unit flew its first operational mission on 10 April when it delivered two Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters and more than sixty Marines supporting Combined Joint Task Force—Horn of Africa to Camp Lemonier, Djibouti. The helicopters will be used for humanitarian assistance, personnel and equipment movement, and noncombatant casualty evacuations. Over the last forty years, the 167th AW has operated fourteen different aircraft, including four versions of the C-130.
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