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A final look

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Jarek Rostkowski talks with an F-15E Strike Eagle pilot while weapons specialists perform a final inspection before takeoff. Airman Rostkowski is a crew chief with the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at a forward-deployed location. He is deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)

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Combat controllers key in war on terror

BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq -- Two combat controllers inspect a building for a weapons cache. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby)

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Ready to fight

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- Airman Brian Jabolski mans his weapon for simulated battle during exercise Beverly Bulldog 01-04 here March 24. Airman Jabolski is a member of the 51st Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt Bradley C. Church)

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Prep time

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Airman 1st Class David Hink prepares an A-10 Thunderbolt II for a flare pod and a mission over Afghanistan. He is a weapons loader assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group here. Airman Hink is deployed from the 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Szczechowski)

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OSI faces evil

QALAKHEL, Afghanistan -- A village member helps unearth dozens of old, live mortar rounds embedded in a mud wall. Hundreds of weapons were found by agents of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations' anti-terrorism specialty team deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Massive weapons destruction

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Hundreds of Taliban weapons found by agents from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations' anti-terrorism specialty team are destroyed in a controlled explosion. The team is deployed from OSI Detachment 252 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marci Boozer)

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OSI faces evil

QALAKHEL, Afghanistan -- Special Agent Tony searches for a suspected Taliban weapons cache here. Agent Tony is a member of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations' anti-terrorism specialty team deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Cleaning up

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- A firefighter initiates a controlled burn of a mountain of trash collected from areas throughout the weapons storage area. Members of the 355th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron conducted a massive clean-up effort to make the area safe and functional. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Eugene Ladoucer)

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Cleaning up

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Senior Airman Edward Stottlmyer unloads munitions from a weapons cache during a massive clean-up of a rundown weapons storage area. Airman Stottlmyer is assigned to the 355th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's muntions flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Eugene Ladoucer)

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Ka-boom!

AL FATHAH AIR FIELD, Iraq -- Heavy equipment is used to bury part of a 2-million-net-pound weapons cache before Army engineers and Air Force explosive ordnance disposal workers can begin detonation Feb. 5. Officials said this is the largest single weapons cache uncovered to date. Coalition forces believe burying the explosives before detonation will reduce the risk of fallout on nearby villages. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe)

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Ka-boom!

AL FATHAH AIR FIELD, Iraq -- Explosions rock the ground here as Army engineers and Air Force explosive ordnance disposal workers detonate a weapons cache Feb. 5. An estimated 2 million net pounds of explosives were left at the air field by the old regime, making it the largest single weapons cache uncovered by the coalition to date. Workers are destroying an average of 100,000 pounds of weapons per day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe)

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Escorts keep base safe

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Jerry Warren cleans off an MP-5 submachine gun before storing it in the escort armory here. The armory stores almost 200 weapons for escorts and other security personnel. Sergeant Warren is assigned to the 506th Air Expeditionary Group's escort flight and is deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Gene LaDoucer)

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The Bombinator

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Nathan Jones dons a bomb suit and mans a .50-caliber sniper weapon while performing required training at a forward-deployed location Jan. 5. Airman Jones is an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lakisha Croley)

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Load 'em up

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Donald Jepsen loads 30 mm ammunition into an A-10 Thunderbolt II here. The A-10s of the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron were quickly prepared to fly missions supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom after their Nov. 22 arrival from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Jepsen is the weapons team chief with the 355th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Wieland)

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Close-air support

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Airman 1st Class Joseph Gumienny arms the weapons and inspects munitions to ensure an A-10 Thunderbolt II is ready for takeoff here Nov. 17. Airmen of the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron are providing close-air support to the Army's 10th Mountain Division as it pursues Taliban and al-Qaida forces during Operation Mountain Resolve. Gumienny u=is deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Disposing enemy ordnance

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airmen of the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's explosive ordnance disposal flight here add a 500-pound bomb to the pile of mortars, rockets, antiaircraft artillery shells, grenades and other recovered Iraqi weapons to be detonated. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keith Reed)

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Security check

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Army Private 1st Class Matthew Devine checks a worker before he can access the installation. Contracted workers erect huts and perform other duties. They must be frisked, screened and have all clothing checked for weapons or other harmful materials. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Wicke)

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Heavy lifters

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- C-17 Globemaster III's wait for their cargo in the opening stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mitch Fuqua)

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Weapon check

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Master Sgt. Scott Lemak (left) guides a vehicle operator as Senior Airman Nicholas Surita (center) and Staff Sgt. Maurice Williams help remove an M-61A1 gun from an F-15E Strike Eagle. The airmen are deployed from the 494th Fighter Squadron at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. Lemak is a weapons flight chief, Surita is a weapons loader, and Williams is a weapons-load team chief. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. William J. Sharp)

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Incoming Pave Hawk

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Tech. Sgt. Selwyn McConney waits for an HH-60G Pave Hawk to land during an urban operations training exercise near Baghdad International Airport, Iraq. McConney is a weapons specialist assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James M. Bowman)

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