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Female pilot killed in action
Capt. Kimberley Hampton sits in a OH-58 Kiowa helicopter in 2001 in South Korea. Hampton, 27, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, after her OH-58 Kiowa helicopter went down in enemy fire near Fallujah, Iraq, family spokesman Ken Porter said Saturday. The other pilot on the helicopter was injured in the crash. Hampton was stationed in Iraq with the 82nd Airborne Division. She was based in Fort Bragg, N.C., and left for Iraq on Aug. 31. (AP Photo/Family photo)
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