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Load 'em up

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Donald Jepsen loads 30 mm ammunition into an A-10 Thunderbolt II here. The A-10s of the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron were quickly prepared to fly missions supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom after their Nov. 22 arrival from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Jepsen is the weapons team chief with the 355th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Wieland)

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Horsing around

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Master Sgt. Shawn Bennett (left) and Staff Sgt. Eric Simms conduct an interior roads project survey. Bennett is the noncommissioned officer in charge of development, and Simms is a heavy equipment operator. Both are assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Red Horse Group. The group is building facilities and putting in roads at a forward-deployed location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Randall)

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Horsing around

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. Mike Garcia uses a grader to prepare a road bed for asphalt. Garcia is a heavy equipment operator assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Red Horse Group. The group is building facilities and putting in roads at a forward-deployed location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Randall)

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Horsing around

SOUTHWEST ASIA - Senior Airman Jason Johnsen, a pavement and equipment journeyman from the 1st Expeditionary Red Horse Group, dumps gravel from a front-end loader into a dump truck. The group is building facilities and putting in roads at a forward-deployed location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Randall)

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You can hear me soon

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airmen unload equipment from a commercial IL-76 cargo aircraft here Nov. 17. The aircraft made two trips to the base delivering almost 1,000 pieces of telecommunications equipment. The equipment will be sent to the city of Kirkuk to establish northern Iraq's first cellular telephone network. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Wieland)

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You can hear me soon

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airman Aaron Belew (left) and Airman 1st Class Cody Vice unload a piece of cargo from a commercial IL-76 cargo aircraft here. Almost 1,000 pieces of telecommunications equipment was unloaded by hand during two trips to the base. The equipment will be sent to the city of Kirkuk to establish northern Iraq's first cellular telephone network. Both airmen are assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Wieland)

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You can hear me soon

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airmen 1st Class Jenna Welsh (left) and Cody Vice offload telecommunications equipment Nov. 17 from a commercial IL-76 cargo aircraft here. Almost 1,000 pieces of telecommunications equipment was unloaded by hand during two trips to the base. The equipment will be sent to the city of Kirkuk to establish northern Iraq's first cellular telephone network. Both airmen are assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Wieland)

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Iraqi Freedom

BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq -- Tech. Sgt. Steven Klunk keeps a watchful eye for suspicious activity while on guard duty here Nov. 21. Klunk is a security forces member with the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lisa M. Zunzanyika)

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Iraqi Freedom

BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq -- A detonation of seized ordnance and disarmed explosive devices is executed by the 447th Expeditonary Civil Engineering Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technicians here Nov. 15. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lisa M. Zunzanyika)

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Iraqi Freedom

BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Bradley McKinney prepares a detonation site here, where seized ordnance and improvised explosive devices were destroyed, Nov. 15. McKinney is an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 447th Air Expeditonary Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lisa M. Zunzanyika)

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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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A tall order

KIRKUK, Iraq -- Airmen 1st Class David Strudgeon and Jenna Welsh, both members of the 506th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, offload crates of telecommunications equipment here, Nov. 17th. The equipment will help rebuild the telecommunications infrastructure of Northern Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Wieland)

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Finding 'Cyclone' targets

AL HAWIJAH, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Mitchell Yang and Senior Airman Josh Gianni search for a strategic target here Nov. 18 hours before it was leveled by an air strike during Operation Ivy Cyclone. The operation is designed to root out and crush insurgents in Iraq. The airmen are tactical air controllers from U.S. European Command's 4th Air Support Operations Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe)

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Homeward bound

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Two A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron here taxi to the runway before the squadron's final mission supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. During the unit's eight-month deployment, squadron pilots flew 1,164 combat sorties and 3,360 flying hours without combat damage. Squadron airmen also helped establish two bases in Iraq. The reservists left Nov. 18 for Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., where they will rejoin other airmen of the 442nd Fighter Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Williams)

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Homeward bound

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Mike Pilkington marshals an A-10 Thunderbolt II for preflight inspection before the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron's final mission here supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. During the unit's eight-month deployment, squadron pilots flew 1,164 combat sorties and 3,360 flying hours without combat damage. Squadron airmen also helped establish two bases in Iraq. The reservists left Nov. 18 for Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., where they will rejoin other airmen of the 442nd Fighter Wing. Pilkington is assigned to the 303rd EFS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Williams)

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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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'Cyclone' over Iraq

KIRKUK, Iraq -- A pilot in an A-10 Thunderbolt II drops a flare here Nov. 17 during Operation Ivy Cyclone. The operation is a combined-arms operation designed to root out and crush insurgents in Iraq. The aircraft is from the 74th Fighter Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe)

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'Cyclone' over Iraq

KIRKUK, Iraq -- A pilot in an A-10 Thunderbolt II drops a flare over here Nov. 17 during Operation Ivy Cyclone. The operation is a combined-arms operation designed to root out and crush insurgents in Iraq. The aircraft is from the 74th Fighter Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe)

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'Cyclone' over Iraq

KIRKUK, Iraq -- A pilot in an A-10 Thunderbolt II drops a flare over here Nov. 17 during Operation Ivy Cyclone. The operation is a combined-arms operation designed to root out and crush insurgents in Iraq. The aircraft is from the 74th Fighter Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe)

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'Cyclone' over Iraq

KIRKUK, Iraq -- The pilot of an A-10 Thunderbolt II fires its cannon at a strategic target here Nov. 17 during Operation Ivy Cyclone. The operation is a combined-arms operation designed to root out and crush insurgents in Iraq. The aircraft is from the 74th Fighter Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe)

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