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Break time

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Capt. Danny Stout, an air liaison officer deployed with the Army's 2-505 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division, takes a much-needed break during a classified mission in the mountains of Afghanistan. Stout, a B-52 Stratofortress pilot serving a two-year tour with the Army, keeps his eyes in the skies for hours at a time to control coalition aircraft on close-air support missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Rebecca Garland)

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Testing 1...2...3...

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Capt. Danny Stout, an air liaison officer deployed with the Army's 2-505 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division, tests his radio before taking part in an air assault into a hostile area in the mountains of Afghanistan. Stout, a B-52 Stratofortress pilot, is serving a two-year tour with the Army, calling in close-air support missions against enemy troops. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Rebecca Garland)

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Stout

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Capt. Danny Stout tests his radio equipment before heading out on a mission to the mountains of Afghanistan with the 2-505 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. Stout, an air liaison officer and B-52 pilot, travels with the Army unit to call in close-air support missions against enemy troops. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Rebecca Garland)

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Deep in the mix

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- A member from the Thai military pours concrete into a form for the reconstruction of the runway here. The project is funded by the Army and coordinated by the 455th Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Wicke)

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Somber journey home

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Army Sgt. Osvaldo Ortiz sleeps next to the transfer case and gear of his fallen friend aboard a C-17 Globemaster III bound for Dover Air Force Base, Del., on June 29. Ortiz is accompanying the remains to the base and eventually back to the fallen soldier's home in Puerto Rico. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Rimar)

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Marking the danger zone

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Tony Newbern marks the location of unexploded ordnance with a yellow ribbon and notes the coordinates using a Global Positioning System receiver. Explosive ordnance disposal specialists traveling with the Combined Weapons Effectiveness Assessment Team in Iraq report ordnance information to an Army team for detonation. Newbern is deployed to Iraq from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Roger Burdette)

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I can't look

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Senior Airman Amber Kilpatrick and Ghassan Noor Aldin prepare to give a measles immunization to a young Iraqi boy. Kilpatrick is deployed to the 506th Expeditionary Medical Squadron at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq. Local citizens of Kirkuk lined the streets to receive the immunizations. Airmen from the group, together with the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade medics, have immunized more than 4,500 children with the measles vaccine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jill Whitesell)

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Countersnipers

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- Senior Airmen Luke Allen (left) and Rusty Youngblood, Air Force countersnipers deployed to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, got what they call "the chance of a lifetime" June 1 when they embarked on an offensive combat mission with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division. Allen and Youngblood are deployed from the 820th Security Forces Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Eric M. Grill)

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Iraqi weather

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Staff Sgt. Julie Moretto show two members of Iraq's meteorological organization how to detect thunderstorms and lightning. Moretto is a 447th Air Expeditionary Group airman deployed to Baghdad from the 15th Air Support Operations Squadron at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Rebecca R. Garland)

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What's the weather like?

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Staff Sgt. Julie Moretto answers questions by members of Iraq's meteorological organization. Moretto is a 447th Air Expeditionary Group airman deployed to Baghdad from the 15th Air Support Operations Squadron at Hunter Army Air Field, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Rebecca R. Garland)

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Deployed dentist

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Maj. (Dr.) Kevin Stanger takes care of a filling for Army Spc. Jason Ramer of the 1st Batallion, 293th Infantry Regiment. As the only military dentist for hundreds of square miles, Stanger provides care for coalition forces from the United States, United Kingdom, Poland, Italy and South Korea. He is assigned to the 407th Expeditionary Medical Squadron at Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Jon Anderson)

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Desert communion

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Father (Maj.) David Fitz-Patrick, Air Force Catholic Chaplain, helps Army Sgt. Casey Schwab, a military police officer with the 300th Military Police Company from Fort Riley, Kan., take communion during a mass service on May 13, 2003. Fitz-Patrick provided Army members deployed to Convoy Supply Center Scania, Iraq with their first Mass service since early March. Fitz-Patrick is deployed from the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley Air Force Base, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Quinton T. Burris)

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Making the rounds

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Chaplain (Maj.) Dave Fitz-Patrick visits with Master Sgt. Richard O'Connor at Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq. The only Catholic chaplain in the region, he visits troops here and at outlying Army and Marine posts. Fitz-Patrick is deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va., and O'Connor is a quality assurance inspector from Whiteman AFB, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Jon Anderson)

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End of an era

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey -- Master Sgt. Roy T. Blanco, the 39th Mission Support Squadron first sergeant, and Army 1st Lt. Eric Rodino, Combined Task Force chief of staff executive officer, case the CTF/Operation Northern Watch guidon during an inactivation ceremony here May 1. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Veronica Fullwood)

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Rolling, rolling, rolling...

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (AFPN) -- Fuel specialists at Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq, unroll the final 210,000 gallon fuel bladder here. The new bladder allows the airmen to fuel aircraft and vehicles used by the Air Force, Army and Marines. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Jon Anderson)

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Medical evac

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- U.S. Air Force aeromedical-evacuation technicians carry Army Private 1st Class Jeffrey Wolf from the medical airlift staging facility at Baghdad International Airport to a C-130 Hercules on April 22. The 15 people who staff the MASF are responsible for getting sick and wounded people out of the combat environment and into a hospital where they can receive more extensive care. The staff medically evacuated 56 patients in its first six days through April 22. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby)

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Airlifting the wounded

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Wounded U.S. Army soldiers are loaded onto a C-130 Hercules at Baghdad International Airport on April 22. The airport is a primary base of operations for U.S. troops, cargo and humanitarian airlift in Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby)

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