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Flag of hope

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- (Clockwise from left) Staff Sgt. C.D. Schmeid, Airman 1st Class Dustin Sharpmack, 1st Lt. Trace Dotson and Capt. Troy Panon display an 86-by-76-inch handmade American Flag. The one-of-a-kind flag was designed and created by Iowa school students as part of the "Hand on America" project. The crew displayed the flag on a flight over Iraq on Dec. 9. The airmen are all part of a KC-10 Extender crew who are at a forward-deployed location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brandi Branch)

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Right this way

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Rebecca Merlin marshals a C-130 Hercules at a forward-deployed location. Merlin is a maintainer assigned to the 745th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron's aircraft maintenance unit. The squadron's airmen are supporting operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Jenkins)

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Hello from the New York

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- A F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 174th Fighter Wing, Syracuse, New York, soars over Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Jenkins)

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Message home

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Senior Airman Patrick Blevins sends a message to his wife, Kristy, and his unborn son during a national television news broadcast Nov. 30. The baby is expected to be born Jan. 16. Blevins is deployed here from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. He is assigned to the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron's ammo flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Fueling up

OVER AFGHANISTAN -- A pair of F-16 Fighting Falcons fly a patrol mission while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom on Nov. 29. The aircraft are from the New York Air National Guard's 174th Fighter Wing at Syracuse. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Jenkins)

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Fueling up

OVER AFGHANISTAN -- A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon on Nov. 29 that is supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. The F-16 is from the New York Air National Guard's 174th Fighter Wing at Syracuse. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Jenkins)

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Inferno

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- A firefighter with the 321st Air Expeditionary Wing practices extinguishing a pit fire here Nov. 17. Firefighters deployed from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., and Grand Forks AFB, N.D., conducted the pit fire as a training tool. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jennifer C. Wallis)

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Close-air support

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AFPN) -- An A-10 Thunderbolt II takes off here Nov. 17 to provide close-air support to the Army's 10th Mountain Division as they pursue Taliban and al-Qaida forces during Operation Mountain Resolve. The A-10 is from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Operation Mountain Resolve

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- An A-10 Thunderbolt II takes off here Nov. 17 to provide close-air support to the Army's 10th Mountain Division as they pursue Taliban and al-Qaida forces during Operation Mountain Resolve. The A-10 is from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Close-air support

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Airman 1st Class Joseph Gumienny arms the weapons and inspects munitions to ensure an A-10 Thunderbolt II is ready for takeoff here Nov. 17. Airmen of the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron are providing close-air support to the Army's 10th Mountain Division as it pursues Taliban and al-Qaida forces during Operation Mountain Resolve. Gumienny u=is deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Close-air support

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Airman 1st Class Joseph Gumienny ensures an A-10 Thunderbolt II is ready for takeoff here Nov. 17. Airmen of the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron are providing close-air support to the Army's 10th Mountain Division as they pursue Taliban and al-Qaida forces during Operation Mountain Resolve. Gumienny is assigned to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Honoring a fallen ally

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Airmen paid final honors Nov. 15 to a Romanian soldier who died in an attack on a coalition convoy Nov. 11 in southern Afghanistan. Coalition airmen and soldiers lined a road here as the body of Sgt. Maj. Mihail Anton Samuila was brought to a Romanian C-130 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Fire power

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Lt. Col. Phil Guy prepares to take off in an F-16 Fighting Falcon. The aircraft is loaded with two AIM-9 missiles and CBU-12 bombs with a Litening II targeting pod to get the precision-guided munitions to the intended target. Guy is assigned to the 149th Fighter Squadron at Richmond, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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Getting fit to fight

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Chief Master Sgt. Richard Small (left) and Col. Jack Egginton carry the Air Force flag during a fitness run at a forward-deployed location Oct. 29. More than 600 airmen from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing participated. The run was a show of support for the new Air Force fitness standards. Small is the wing's command chief master sergeant, and Egginton is its commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dawn Finniss)

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Getting fit to fight

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Chief Master Sgt. Richard Small (carrying Air Force flag) and Col. Jack Egginton (waving) lead more than 600 airmen from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in a fitness run at a forward-deployed location Oct. 29. The run was a show of support for the new Air Force fitness standards. Small is the wing's command chief master sergeant, and Egginton is its commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dawn Finniss)

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Breathing oxygen

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Tech. Sgt. William McLeod (left) monitors the vented liquid oxygen, while Staff Sgt. Anthony Anderson monitors the gages of an oxygen servicing cart. Oxygen remains in a liquid form at temperatures below minus 297 degrees Fahrenheit. At ambient temperatures, the oxygen boils and releases air-breathable oxygen, which is normally used in pressurized aircraft. Both airmen are at a forward-deployed location. Anderson is from the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and McLeod is from the 99th Supply Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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Breathing oxygen

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Tech. Sgt. William McLeod (left) monitors the vented liquid oxygen, while Staff Sgt. Anthony Anderson monitors the gages of an oxygen servicing cart. Oxygen remains in a liquid form at temperatures below minus 297 degrees Fahrenheit. At ambient temperatures, the oxygen boils and releases air-breathable oxygen, which is normally used in pressurized aircraft. Both airmen are at a forward-deployed location. Anderson is from the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and McLeod is from the 99th Supply Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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Breathing oxygen

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. Anthony Anderson (left) and Tech. Sgt. William McLeod attach a cryogenic supply hose to an oxygen servicing cart. Oxygen remains in a liquid form at temperatures below minus 297 degrees Fahrenheit. At ambient temperatures, the oxygen boils and releases air-breathable oxygen, which is normally used in pressurized aircraft. Both airmen are at a forward-deployed location. Anderson is from the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and McLeod is from the 99th Supply Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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Paving the runway

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Airmen of the 455th Civil Engineer Flight work together to pour the last load of concrete for the runway here as a Blackhawk helicopter flies by on the other half of the runway. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Wicke)

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Paving the runway

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Tech. Sgt. Wesley Matthews, of the 455th Expeditionary Support Squadron, adjusts a plywood board underneath wet concrete that will serve as an expansion joint for a pad on the new runway here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Wicke)

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