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30 Air Guard Members Leaving for Afghanistan This Weekend

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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. -

Thirty Vermont Air Guard members are set to leave for Afghanistan this weekend.

According to a spokesman for the Guard, they will head out from the Air Guard base at the Burlington International Airport.

The airmen will provide engineering support for airfield operations, spending 6 months overseas.

They will also do facility maintenance and repairs.

This will be the 10th deployment of Vermont Guard troops to Afghanistan since 2001.

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