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A Globe Sunset

Taxiing at the end of a long day.

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This C-17 Globemaster III, part of a joint field training exercise for aeromedical evacuations, taxis by a brilliant sunset at Pittsburgh International Airport in Pennsylvania. Photo: U.S. Air Force — Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez U.S. Air Force — Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez

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