BAGRAM AIR BASE (Afghanistan): Draped in the Stars and Stripes, metal caskets containing the bodies of six US Air Force officers killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan were sent home yesterday.
In a sombre ceremony at Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, the caskets were loaded onto a C-17 transport jet under the salutes of senior officers in the US-led campaign against al-Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan.
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