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The 156th Airlift Wing, the Puerto Rico Air National Guard unit based at Luis Muņoz Marin Airport in San Juan, deployed to Bagram AB, Afghanistan, on 8 September to mark the first time the wing, which flies 1962-vintage C-130Es, deployed to a war zone as a unit. So many unit personnel volunteered to deploy to Operation Enduring Freedom that the wing had to restrict the deployment length to one month to give all volunteers a chance to serve. Although the members will rotate out every thirty days, the unit is committed to a 120-day deployment.
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