1st Lt. Nick Biggs, a C-130 Hercules copilot, enjoys a Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 27 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. A contracting company providing catering services to deployed coalition forces put extra effort into providing the time-honored feast to American servicemembers at Bagram. Lieutenant Biggs is from Peoria, Ill., and is thankful for his family and friends supporting him during his deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Senior Airman Johnathan Harvey, an air transportation journeyman, registers a soldier for a flight on Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. He is thankful for the support and care packages from friends and family in his hometown of Raleigh, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Senior Airman Katy Martello and Staff Sgt. Koreta Keke-Warmke, both assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, maintain gate security to the flightline at Bagram on Thanksgiving, Nov. 27. Airman Martello is thankful for support from her sister, parents and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Rugby Team. Sergeant Keke is thankful for her parents, Onolina and Keni Keke, for taking care of her daughter Alexia during her deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Airman 1st Class Joshua Toth, a heavy equipment operator in the 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, smoothes wet concrete on Thanksgiving, Nov. 27. Airman Toth is from Clayton, N.J. and is thankful for being in Afghanistan, serving his country. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Staff Sgt. Brian Cherry (bottom) and Tech. Sgt. Anthony Freeman, crewchiefs with the C-130 Aircraft Maintenance Unit at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, inspect hydraulic lines in the landing gear of a C-130 Hercules on Thanksgiving, Nov. 27. Sergeant Cherry and Sergeant Freeman, from Cherryville and Charlotte, N.C. respectively, are thankful for their families, especially Sergeant Cherry, calling his children "the light of my life." (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Senior Airman Dustin Porter and Tech. Sgt. Edward Swartz, material handling equipment mechanics at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, check electrical connections on a k-loader on Thanksgiving, Nov. 27. Airman Porter is from Danbury, Conn., and Sergeant Swartz is from Georgetown, Ohio. Both are thankful for the love and support they get from their families. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Master Sgt. Kristina Mullins and Airman 1st Class Travis Alexander, with the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, load old pallets into a truck on Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, Both express gratitude to their families while deployed and Sergeant Mullins gives additional thanks for her Airmen, without whom she couldn't do her job. Sergeant Mullins is from Charleston S.C., and Airman Alexander is from Houston, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Airmen deployed with the 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, pour concrete on Thanksgiving, Nov. 27. The occurrence of the national holiday does not deter these Airmen from performing their jobs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Airmen give thanks, continue mission

Published Nov. 27, 2008

1st Lt. Nick Biggs, a C-130 Hercules copilot, enjoys a Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 27 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. A contracting company providing catering services to deployed coalition forces put extra effort into providing the time-honored feast to American servicemembers at Bagram. Lieutenant Biggs is from Peoria, Ill., and is thankful for his family and friends supporting him during his deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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