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Master Sgt. Chris Banks attends to injured villagers onboard a Mi-17 helicopter.
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chris Banks attends to injured villagers onboard a Mi-17 helicopter in Shewa village in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Jan. 24, 2012. Banks is a medic assigned to the 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group. American and Afghan aircrews conducted rescue missions to evacuate inhabitants injured by an avalanche in Shewa village.