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Hercules in Africa

DAKAR, Senegal -- Senior Airman Brandon Hashida waits to guide in a C-130 Hercules as it taxis after landing here. Hashida is deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany to the 398th Air Expeditionary Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Justin D. Pyle)

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Dig in

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Senior Airman Travis Miller digs a trench for electrical cables at a forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia. The work is part of an upgrade of the electrical system at the base. Miller is assigned to the 380th Civil Engineer Squadron and is deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Smith)

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Taking aim

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Senior Airman Kristofer Kline, 822nd Security Forces Squadron, sights in on a distant target while on guard duty. He and members of his squadron are beginning to return home after serving more than five months here supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Grande)

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Target aquired

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Senior Airman Christopher Bounds gets a bead on a target while manning his post here. He and other airmen of the 822nd Security Forces Squadron are returning home after serving more than five months supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Grande)

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Focus

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Senior Airman Kristofer Kline, 822nd Security Forces Squadron, focuses in on a target while standing atop his HUMVEE. Members of the 822nd SFS, supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, are beginning to return home after serving more than five months here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Grande)

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Scrub-a-dub-dub

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Senior Airman Lewis Ensor rinses a C-130 Hercules with fresh water at a forward-deployed location Aug. 15. Fresh water rinses off the effects of flying over salt water, preventing aircraft corrosion. Ensor is assigned to the 321st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jennifer C. Wallis)

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Water logged

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Senior Airman Michael Gidich douses a training fire at a forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia. Gidich is a firefighter from the 910th Civil Engineer Squadron at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. He is deployed to the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Robert Couse-Baker)

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Masked man

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Senior Airman Michael Gidich puts on a mask before extinguishing a training fire at a forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia. Gidich is a firefighter from the 910th Civil Engineer Squadron at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. He is deployed to the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Robert Couse-Baker)

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Two of two

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - Senior Airman Jason Herder, 455th Expeditonary Operations Group, talks an aircraft in for a landing on the runway here Aug. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Wicke)

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One of two

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - Senior Airman Miles Herder, 455th Expeditionary Operations Group, guides an aircraft into Bagram Airfield through radio contact. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Wicke)

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What's the weather like?

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Senior Airman Kaethe Jo Binder of the 506th Expeditionary Operation Support Squadron gathers weather information to brief inbound and outbound aircraft from Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq. The air traffic control team here is responsible for guiding all air traffic in the northern third of Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James A. Williams)

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Building the BX

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Senior Airman Jason Roush works on the roof of a small base exchange here. He is assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karolina Gmyrek)

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Lightning never strikes twice?

GANCI AIR BASE, Kyrgyzstan (AFPN) -- Senior Airman Greg Monroe uses a hoist to inspect lightning damage to the tail of a KC-135 Stratotanker here Aug. 5. The aircraft was struck by lightning twice during its landing approach to Manas International Airport on Aug. 4. Monroe and the tanker are part of the 376th Expeditionary Air Wing supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James A. Rush)

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Electronic tune-up

LUNGI, Sierra Leone -- Senior Airman Christopher Burch repairs and cleans an ALQ-144 countermeasures set on an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter here. Burch is an electronics-warfare technician deployed from the 85th Maintenance Squadron at Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Justin D. Pyle)

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What's cooking?

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Tech. Sgt. Henry Reyes (left) and Lt. Col. Ron Poole check the temperature of the food being cooked at a forward-deployed location's dining facility as part of a public health routine kitchen inspection. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Rachel Bush)

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Abandonded site

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Senior Master Sgt. Brian Aguiar and Master Sgt. Brad Kephart move on after investigating a disabled and abandoned Iraqi antiaircraft missile battery near Baghdad, Iraq. The airmen are with the 1st Expeditionary Air Operations Support Squadron and deployed from the 1st Air Operations Support Squadron at Baumholder, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Robert R. Hargreaves Jr.)

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Predator post flight

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Senior Airman Brady Martindale (left) and 1st Lt. Andrew Hackleman inspect the main landing gear of an MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle after a mission over Iraq on July 21. Martindale is an avionics specialist, and Hackleman is a maintenance officer. Both are deployed with the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Gerardo Gonzalez)

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The director

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Senior Airman Ray Campbell helps guide an MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle under a sun shade here after a mission July 21. Campbell is a crew chief deployed as part of the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Gerardo Gonzalez)

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Geronimo!

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Senior Master Sgt. Matt Ramp, an Air Force Reserve pararescueman assigned to the 304th Rescue Squadron, Portland International Airport, performs a rappelling exercise from the Baghdad International Airport air traffic control tower. Members of the 304th Rescue Squadron are deployed to Baghdad International Airport supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James M. Bowman)

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On my way down... now!

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Senior Master Sgt. Matt Ramp performs a rappelling exercise from the Baghdad International Airport air traffic control tower. Ramp is an Air Force Reserve pararescueman assigned to the 304th Rescue Squadron, Portland International Airport. Squadron members are deployed to Baghdad International Airport supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James M. Bowman)

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