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Protecting body armor

ALI BASE, Iraq -- Airmen with the 407th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron took the initiative to build body armor racks to help Airmen safely store their body armor. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Paul Dean)
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Protecting body armor

ALI BASE, Iraq -- (From left) Senior Airman Josh Warren, Master Sgt. Steve Strange and Senior Airman Caslon Smith stand by a crate holding damaged body armor plates. Much of the armor is unusable because it was mishandled. The Airmen are assigned to the 407th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Paul Dean)
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Protecting body armor

ALI BASE, Iraq -- (From left) Senior Airman Josh Warren, Master Sgt. Steve Strange and Senior Airman Caslon Smith hold damaged plates that were removed from body armor vests. Much of the armor is unusable because it was mishandled. The Airmen are assigned to the 407th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Paul Dean)
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Explosive disposal

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Explosive ordinance disposal techinicians dispose of improvised explosive devices Sept. 21. The technicians are assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristin Ruleau)
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Civil engineer units have different missions, same goal

LOGISTICS SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA, Iraq -- Senior Airman James Johnston and other Airmen with the 732nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Detachment 6 vertical shop are building 30 new 3,000-square-foot living quarters for Soldiers here. He is deployed from Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chawntain Sloan)
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Civil engineer units have different missions, same goal

LOGISTICS SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA, Iraq -- Airmen 1st Class Scott Wise (left) and Adam Barnes with the 732nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Detachment 6 vertical shop work to build 30 new 3,000-square-foot living quarters for Soldiers here. Both Airmen are deployed from Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chawntain Sloan)
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Civil engineer units have different missions, same goal

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Justin Jones works to improve the quality of life for people here. He is assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's equipment and pavements flight and is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chawntain Sloan)
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Bomb part

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgts. Christopher Vollmer and Jesse Ellis pull out a bomb part at a forward-deployed location as Colonel Franklin Ragland looks on. Colonel Ragland is the 379th Maintenance Group commander. Sergeants Vollmer and Ellis are deployed from the Ohio Air National Guard's 180th Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class De-Juan Haley)
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Detonators

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Master Sgt. Steven Mears prepares detonators before he demonstrates how to build a bomb at a forward-deployed location. Sergeant Mears is assigned to 379 Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron and is deployed from Oklahoma Air National Guard's 125th Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class De-Juan Haley)
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Airmen pull duty with Marines

IRAQ -- Tech. Sgts. Carl Weaver (left) and Jason Graves are deployed supporting the Marine Multinational Force-West's command operations center. They are the first enlisted Airmen to be assigned to the center. They are from Barksdale Air Force Base, La. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Fuel stop

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A C-130 Hercules deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, taxis for takeoff. The aircraft was on the ground here less than an hour as it fueled up and swapped out passengers before continuing on its next mission supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)
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Airmen support Soldiers with airdrop

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Tech Sgt. Scottie Turner inspects a guillotine knife and Y-adapter extraction cable used for container delivery system airdrops. This airdrop mission delivered 48 bundles containing about 69,000 pounds of food rations for U.S. and Iraqi Soldiers engaged in combat operations against anti-Iraqi forces. Sergeant Turner is a loadmaster with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a forward-deployed location and is from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Al Gerloff)
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Airmen support Soldiers with airdrop

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Capt. Jared Pavlich watches for ground traffic from the top hatch of a C-130 Hercules before an airdrop mission. Aircrews delivered 48 bundles containing about 69,000 pounds of food rations to U.S. and Iraqi Soldiers engaged in combat operations against anti-Iraqi forces. Captain Pavlich is a C-130 navigator with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a forward-deployed location and is from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Al Gerloff)
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Academy medics save life of Peterson NCO in Iraq

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- A medical team with the 506th Expeditionary Medical Squadron treats a patient here. The team, deployed from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., treated a fellow Airman recently who was injured by a terrorist bomb. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Pallet protection

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen Michelle Graves (left) and Jessica Johnson inventory an expeditionary medical support pallet. The 374th Medical Group logistics Airmen here handle about $24 million worth of medical war reserve materiel supplies and equipment for contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Val Gempis)
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Airman presented Purple Heart

WASHINGTON -- Tech. Sgt. Jamie Dana was presented the Purple Heart on July 22 by (from right) Michael L. Dominguez, acting secretary of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Gerald R. Murray, as her husband, Mike, stands by. Sergeant Dana was wounded when an improvised explosive device struck the Humvee she was riding in Southwest Asia. She is a military working dog handler with the 21st Security Forces Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mickey Sanborn)
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Operation Iraqi Freedom

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Wayne Schenk watches over local Iraqi workers here as they unload bags of concrete from a truck. Third-country nationals and local nationals make up a large percentage of the workforce used for construction projects and day-to-day jobs around the base. An escort's job is to monitor workers and provide security. For many escorts, the job requires long days in the scorching sun with weapon in hand and a careful eye watching for suspicious activities. Sergeant Schenk is assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron and is deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Chisholm)
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Deployed Airmen give tours to Iraqi historical landmark

ALI BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Nat Ruiz (background) provides security for Airmen on a recent visit to the ziggurat of Ur. Dhaif, the site's caretaker and tour guide, talks about the history of the 4,000-year-old monument. Sergeant Ruiz is assigned to the 407th Expeditionary Services Squadron and is deployed from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Maurice Hessel)
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Blown

AL SHAHABI, Iraq -- A U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposal team blows up weapons and contraband that was found during Operation Cobra Strike. The operation was an Iraqi led mission to search for weapons and contraband in an area with suspected insurgent activity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Day)
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Ready for takeoff

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman 1st Class Anna Cushenberry pulls chocks from the wheels of a C-130 Hercules ready to depart on a combat airlift mission to Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq. The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing is responsible for tactical airlift into and out of Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Airman Cushenberry is a crew chief with the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at a forward-deployed location and is from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Al Gerloff)
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