A Blackhawk's View of Afghanistan

Bird’s-eye View: Afghanistan <br />Gazing from the window of a U.S. Army Blackhawk medevac helicopter over Helmand province.
Photographs by Kevin Frayer / AP
Kevin Frayer / AP

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"Gazing from the window of a U.S. Army Blackhawk medevac helicopter," Frayer says, "Helmand province struck me as so very different from what I had seen and experienced on the ground."

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