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Air component coordinator: keeping things moving in Africa.

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As a C-130 Hercules pilot, Maj. Jeff Ausborn sees the world from high above the ground, where people and animals are indistinguishable. The world looks different when viewed through tiny cockpit windows.

But he got a different perspective while doing a ground job at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti.

The major works in the air component coordination element, where Airmen synchronize airpower needs for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.

But it was when he volunteered to hand out food and water to local, destitute people, that he really saw the difference he was making.

"I got to see how the people here really live," the major said.

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