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He had escaped to join the training at Dumra and had been parachuted in the last air-dropped mission into Tibet.
Jamyang Norbu: Remembering Tibet's Freedom Fighters Jamyang Norbu 2010
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Unlikely, if you have been air-dropped in from a great height.
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Nathan Hodge/The Wall Street Journal A C-130 cargo aircraft seen from another C-130 The sheer volume of air-dropped cargo is swiftly rising.
U.S.'s Afghan Headache: $400-a-Gallon Gasoline Nathan Hodge 2011
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He had escaped to join the training at Dumra and had been parachuted in the last air-dropped mission into Tibet.
Jamyang Norbu: Remembering Tibet's Freedom Fighters Jamyang Norbu 2010
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He had escaped to join the training at Dumra and had been parachuted in the last air-dropped mission into Tibet.
Jamyang Norbu: Remembering Tibet's Freedom Fighters Jamyang Norbu 2010
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The mailbags were then air-dropped in the hope that German civilians would give them to postmen to deliver.
The Spymaster's Spymaster Andrew Roberts 2011
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Eritrean officials renewed calls for an end to the embargo after the U.N. cleared the country of charges that it had air-dropped weapons in Somalia.
Attack Stirs Ethiopia, Eritrea Tensions Solomon Moore 2012
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Rehan Khan/European Pressphoto Agency A man displaced by flooding rushed toward a helicopter to receive air-dropped supplies in Badin, Pakistan, Monday.
Photos of the Day 2011
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I think he should be air-dropped into South Waziristan.
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He had escaped to join the training at Dumra and had been parachuted in the last air-dropped mission into Tibet.
Jamyang Norbu: Remembering Tibet's Freedom Fighters Jamyang Norbu 2010
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