Night watch
An MQ-1 Predator goes through post-flight maintenance Aug. 11 at Ali Base, Iraq. The Predator provides integrated and synchronized close-air combat operations, including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, to ground commanders. The Predator is assigned to the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance and Attack Squadron Det. 1 here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christopher Griffin)