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Hook-up over Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Two F-16 Fighting Falcons prepare for an aerial refueling over the Tigris River near here Oct. 14. The F-16s are from the Virginia Air National Guard's 192nd Fighter Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)
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On patrol

BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Lorie Holis drives to a security post here. She is deployed from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., with the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brian Ferguson)
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Mending the wounded

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Capt. James Smith prepares medication for 9-year-old Saleh Kahlaf while his father, Raheem Kahlaf, watches. Saleh was critically injured by a land mine near his school in Al Nasiriyah and had been cared for by 332nd Expeditionary Medical Squadron airmen until his aeromedical evacuation mission to the United States. The boy arrived at Children's Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 10. Smith is assigned to the 332nd EMEDS hospital here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)
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Mending the wounded

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Critical-care transport team airmen prepare 9-year-old Saleh Kahlaf for an aeromedical evacuation flight from here to Children's Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, Calif., on Nov 8. Saleh was critically injured by a land mine near his school in Al Nasiriyah and had been cared for by 332nd Expeditionary Medical Squadron airmen until his flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. John Barton)
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Just walk away

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Capt. Edgardo Cruz-Velez walks away from a C-17 Globemaster III. C-17s are used extensively to deliver supplies and people to various forward-deployed locations throughout Southwest Asia. Cruz-Velez is assigned to U.S. Central Air Forces-Forward. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)
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Honoring America's veterans

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- (Left to right) Airman 1st Class William Jannisch, Staff Sgt. Cassie Letendre, Airman 1st Class Jason Ventura and Senior Airman James Butler conduct a retreat ceremony honoring American veterans. The ceremony was on the roof of a Soviet-built aircraft control tower here Nov. 11. The airmen are assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. Jannisch and Letendre are deployed from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.; Ventura is deployed from Cannon AFB, N.M.; and Butler is deployed from Minot AFB, N.D. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)
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I do

BALAD SOUTHEAST AIRFIELD, Iraq -- Airmen First Class Vernon Millican and Toni Chapman are all smiles as they get ready to take their wedding vows on board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Nov. 6. Both are deployed here from the 5th Security Forces Squadron at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Watson)
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Hawk Take Off

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Joesph Vialpando uses a bungee cord catapult to launch a Desert Hawk force protection airborne surveillance system aircraft for a night surveillance mission here Oct. 22. The seven-pound remote controlled, battery-powered aircraft can stay aloft for about an hour as it flies over the base transmitting imagery to its controlling laptop computer. Vialpando is deployed to the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)
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Fire in the hole

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Lonny Ellison (left) and Latvian First Sgt. Renars Vandinskis tape down C-4 plastic explosives that will detonate unexploded ordnance. EOD technicians destroyed 12 Iraqi 107 mm rockets found in downtown Kirkuk on Nov. 4. Such rockets have recently been fired toward military installations in the area. Six Latvian servicemembers are integrated into the 506th Air Expeditionary Group EOD team to form a coalition force tasked with locating and destroying unexploded ordnance. Since July, the team has destroyed more than 3 million pounds of Iraqi ordnance. Vandinskis and Ellison are both EOD technicians with the 506th Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alicia M. Sarkkinen)
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Fire in the hole

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Special Agent Michael Ilse stops traffic along a road here while explosive ordnance disposal technicians destroy 12 Iraqi rockets found in downtown Kirkuk on Nov. 4. Ilse is an agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigation for Region 2. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alicia M. Sarkkinen)
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Fire in the hole

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Latvian First Sgt. Renars Vandinskis hands Staff Sgt. Lonny Ellison a 107 mm rocket to be destroyed. Explosive ordnance disposal technicians destroyed 12 of the rockets found in downtown Kirkuk on Nov. 4. Such rockets have recently been fired toward military installations in the area. Six Latvian servicemembers are integrated into the 506th Air Expeditionary Group EOD team to form a coalition force tasked with locating and destroying unexploded ordnance. Since July, the team has destroyed more than 3 million pounds of Iraqi ordnance. Vandinskis and Ellison are both EOD technicians with the 506th Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alicia M. Sarkkinen)
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Tower talk

BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq -- Senior Airman Tevyka Heyward talks with the air traffic control tower here. She is an airfield management operator with the 447th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron and is deployed from the 92nd Operations Support Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Verlin Levi Collins)
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Ammo inspection

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Master Sgt. Marc Peck (left) and Tech. Sgt. Duren Dunkelberger inspect 30 mm ammunition rounds for defects as they pass by on a loading machine. The rounds will be loaded on an A-10 Thunderbolt II for combat here. Peck and Dunkelberger are assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group. Peck is part of Air and Space Expeditionary Force Blue deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Dunkelberger is part of AEF Silver deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Airmen with AEF Silver are replacing those with AEF Blue. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Wicke)
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Preparing ammo

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Staff Sgt. Jerrad Oakes prepares to place a 30 mm ammunition round in a loading sleeve so it can be loaded on an A-10 Thunderbolt II for combat here. Oakes is assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group and is deployed as part of Air and Space Expeditionary Force Blue from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Airmen with AEF Silver are replacing those with AEF Blue. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Wicke)
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Preparing ammo

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Senior Airman Margot Hubbard prepares 30 mm ammunition rounds for processing and loading into an A-10 Thunderbolt II where they will be used in combat here. Hubbard is assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group and is deployed as part of Air and Space Expeditionary Force Blue from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Airmen with AEF Silver are replacing those with AEF Blue. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Wicke)
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MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR BREMER

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Reporters from Arab media headquartered in London, interview Ambassador Paul Bremer (right) during a recent visit here. Sponsored by the U.S. government, this was the first media trip to Iraq for the reporters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)
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Defending the base

BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq -- Sgt. Nathan Hogg (left) and Senior Airman Sheridan Conklin conduct a night patrol here looking for any suspicious activity. Hogg is a member of the Royal Australian Air Force, and Conklin is assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. Conklin is deployed here from the 9th Security Forces Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brian Ferguson)
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Defending the base

BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq -- (From left) Sgt. Nathan Hogg, Staff Sgt. Shawn Schwantes, Aircraftman Lucas Kilpatrick and Senior Airman Sheridan Conklin meet up during their air base defense patrol. Hogg and Kilpatrick are members of the Royal Australian Air Force, and Schwantes and Conklin are assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. Schwantes is deployed from the 319th Security Forces Squadron at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., and Conklin is deployed from the 9th SFS at Beale AFB, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brian Ferguson)
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Fly Away

MANAS AIR BASE, Kyrgyzstan -- Staff Sgt. Robert Rose scans for threats in the forest surrounding an airfield that has no U.S. security. Rose helped design a two-day course to prepare security forces airmen here for aircraft- and aircrew-protection missions downrange. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James A. Rush)
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Fly Away

MANAS AIR BASE, Kyrgyzstan -- Staff Sgt. Tonya Morrill keeps her M-16 ready as C-130 Hercules loadmasters Airman 1st Class Dan Maslowski (left) and Senior Airman Lee Lucas wait to offload cargo. A local training course in aircraft and aircrew protection trained Morrill and other security forces airmen before they traveled to unprotected airfields. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James A. Rush)
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