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New dorms for airmen

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Capt. Robert Russo (left) and Tech. Sgt. Jerry Draper talk with contractors about safety requirements for new dorms being constructed here. The buildings are scheduled to open Dec. 1. They will house up to 1,664 airmen in 13 buildings with six to eight people to a room. Each dorm will feature its own latrine with 14 sinks, eight toilets and eight showers. Both airmen are assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keith Reed)

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Home again

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Khalid Kishtainy steps off a C-130 Hercules at Baghdad International Airport on Oct. 21. Kishtainy is an Iraqi novelist and columnist for the Asharq Al-Awsat Arabic newspaper in London. He was last in Baghdad in 1989 before he left for fear of his life. The former Saddam Hussein regime had two death sentences on Kishtainy for a book he wrote about the regime. The author grew up in Baghdad, and he considers it his hometown. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

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Postal handlers

BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq -- Some packages bound for the United States bear a little extra "care" by displaying stickers for a loved one on the receiving end. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keith Reed)

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Postal handlers

BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq -- Air Force mail handlers assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Communications Squadron load mail onto pallets in 100-plus degree temperatures. The airmen handle more than 150,000 pounds of mail flowing to and from air post offices at American camps in Iraq every day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keith Reed)

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Postal handlers

BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Christine Mayor, Senior Airman Alaine Wallace and Capt. Denise Freimuth load mail onto pallets in 100-plus degree temperatures. The 447th Expeditionary Communications Squadron team handles more than 150,000 pounds of mail flowing to and from air post offices at American camps in Iraq every day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keith Reed)

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Postal handlers

BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq -- A 1st Armored Divison soldier protects Air Force mail handlers here. The airmen handle more than 150,000 pounds of mail flowing to and from air post offices at American camps in Iraq every day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keith Reed)

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Take off

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Joseph Vialpando recoils after releasing the Desert Hawk aircraft. The 4-foot-long plane uses a bungee cord catapult system to provide acceleration for takeoff. Vialpondo is part of the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Don Perrien)

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Preparing for flight

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Joseph Vialpando (left) and Staff Sgt. Michael Roth prepare the Desert Hawk aircraft for flight. The lightweight aircraft is part of the Force Protection Airborne Surveillance System used here to look over the horizon for terrorist activities. Vialpando and Roth are part of the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Don Perrien)

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EOD eliminates 'explosive' problems

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Tech. Sgt. Tom Cowern documents an Iraqi M-73, a 60 mm high-explosive filled mortar before detonation. Cowern is part of the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's explosive ordnance disposal flight here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karolina Gmyrek)

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EOD eliminates 'explosive' problems

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Tech. Sgt. David Featherstun lines up Soviet, O-832 DU, 82 mm, high-explosive filled mortars for demolition. Featherstun is part of the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's explosive ordnance disposal flight here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karolina Gmyrek)

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Bark Protection

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgts. James A. Allen (left) and Michael R. Gala, 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, conduct a handler protection exercise with a military working dog here Oct. 15. The training exercise teach the military working dog to present a level of force to protect Air Force assets against aggressive threats, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karolina Gmyrek)

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What's Happening Buddy

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Jeffery Foster, a fire fghter deployed to the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron here, says "gimme five"' to a local Iraqi boy Oct. 14, 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Charlein C. Sheets)

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Crane Help

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Scott Bickford and a local contractor, disconnect a crane used to lower an Iraqi radio tower here, Oct. 14, 2003. The tower is being reutilized and relocated to improve the land mobile radio and AFN FM transmitter reception. Bickford is assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Communications Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Charlein C. Sheets)

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Comm Pole

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Vincent Tanner, left, and Tech. Sgt. Scott Prows begin to dismantle an Iraqi radio tower here, Oct 14, 2003. The tower will be reutilized and relocated to improve land mobile radio and AFN transmitter reception. Tanner and Prows are assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Communications Squadron Engineering and Infrastructure Branch. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Charlein C. Sheets)

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Wait to Launch

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Airman 1st Class Patrick Manning, a B-1B Lancer crew chief with the 40th Expeditionary Group, waits as a B-1 readies for launch at a forward-deployed location Oct. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Rich)

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O2 Delivery

TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Senior Airman Timothy Vieira, 332d Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, employs a fork lift to unload an oxygen tank/trailer, at Tallil Air Base, Iraq, on Oct. 10, 2003, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Red Tail Express covered almost 30,000 miles of roadway on its 59 convoy trips north of Iraq, delivering provisions to Tallil and Kirkuk Air Base, and Baghdad International Airport. (U.S. Air Force photo by: Senior Airman Karolina Gmyrek)

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School donations

KIRKUK, Iraq -- Children at Al Ilaf school here greet airmen arriving with educational supplies. The $5,000 in supplies came from voluntary donations of 380th Air Expeditionary Wing airmen at a forward-deployed air base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James A. Williams)

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School donation

KIRKUK, Iraq -- Col. Steven Johnson passes out school supplies to children at a school here Oct. 22. Airmen from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing traveled from a forward-deployed air base to donate more than $5,000 of supplies to schools here. Johnson is the commander of the 380th Expeditionary Mission Support Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James A. Williams)

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School donation

KIRKUK, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Robert Frank and 1st Lt. Art Patek talk with students at Al Ilaf school here. The two were part of a team from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing who traveled from a forward-deployed air base to donate more than $5,000 of supplies to schools here. Frank is the first sergeant of the 380th Expeditionary Mission Support Group, and Patek is the 380th Expeditionary Operations Group executive officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Robert Couse-Baker)

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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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