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Lt. Christopher Malherek, assigned to the Golden Eagles of Patrol Squadron (VP) 9, prepares to land a P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft during a routine training flight for the squadron's advanced readiness program.

U.S. Navy Aviation Electronics Technician 1ST Class Corey Climber, assigned to the"Wallbangers"of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 117 mans a safety circle during start-up checks on a E-2C Hawkeye aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) off the coast of Southern Calif., Dec. 1, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Roland Franklin) (Released)

Lt. Col. David Ellis, of Martinsville, Ind., prepares

U.S. Air Force Capt.'s Tyrus Scott and Carlos Nivia,

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, sits in the cockpit of a P-8A Poseidon aircraft flight simulator during a visit to the Patrol Squadron (VP) 30 training center at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla.

Tech. Sgt. Gerald Nicklow, a crew chief with the 451st

An Afghan Air Force member, who is a student attending

Maj. Jacob Predis, 758th Airlift Squadron pilot, and

(L) Major Brian Colby and Lt. Col. Ken Humphrey, pilots

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US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Geoffrey Hindmarsh (left), Pilot, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), performs startup checks on a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker prior to a mission at Al Udeid Air Base (AB) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Alan Adams, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), speaks with USAF AIRMAN (AMN) Steven Steele, Maintainer, 370th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMS), from the flight deck of a KC-135R/T Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), at a forward deployed location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Matthew Garrison, Crewchief, 465th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), Tinker Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma (OK), assigned to the 376th Expeditionary ARS (EARS), salutes a KC-135R Stratotanker as it prepares to depart the ramp at a forward-deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Doug Edwards (Pilot) and First Lieutenant (1LT) Seann Parish (Co-pilot), a man their positions inside the cockpit of a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, during a refueling mission flown in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Anne-Christine Gaddis, Pilot, KC-135R Stratotanker, 401st Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), checks her watch prior to the start of a refueling mission during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) James Spencer (left), 319th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), and USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) John Baker, Maintenance Crewchief, perform a pre-flight inspection of a KC-135R Stratotanker before a refueling mission. The 319th EARS conducts combat and combat-support air refueling and airlift missions across US Central Commands (USCENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR) supporting Operations ENDURING FREEDOM, SOUTHERN WATCH, and IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Greg Miller (Pilot) and USAF Captain (CPT) Andre Boyd (Co-Pilot) both assigned to the Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), performs a preflight checklist inside the cockpit of their KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, at a forward deployed location, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

United States Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) and pilot of a KC-135R Stratotanker, (right) conducts a pre-flight brief with her crew assigned to the 351st Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jesse Wright, Boom Operator, 340th Expeditionary Refueling Squadron (ERS), runs through his operational instructions for the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker before refueling an aircraft over Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Chris Randall, 304th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot, talks with First Lieutenant (1LT) Allister Dopp, about wind direction prior to take off during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Al Udeid Air Base, Doha

Country: Qatar (QAT)

Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A. Osberry, Jr., USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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First Lieutenant (1LT) Victor Haynes, 20th Military Airlift Squadron, checks a map while piloting a Military Airlift Command transport aircraft to the next location of Pope John Paul II's US visit. During the pope's visit, vehicle transportation and security is being provided under VOLANT SILVER, a joint Military Airlift Command/Secret Service operation

Captain (CPT), John Andress, USMC, F-18D Hornet aircraft pilot assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All Weather) (VMFA "AW"-121), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar San Diego, CA adjusts his oxygen mask in preparation for a mission during DESERT RESCUE IX. DESERT RESCUE IX is a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military in a real world rescue and combat scenario

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Brian Quenette, 51st Security Forces Squadron (SFS), radios information on suspicious activity during Exercise BEVERLY BULLDOG 02-02, at Osan Air Base (AB) Korea

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Surface weather being observed at a Weather Bureau instrument panel on which are mounted barometers, thermometers, wind direction and velocity indicators, and other instruments for measuring weather elements

Utah National Guard 85th WMD Civil Support Team participates

A green and white hot air balloon flying in the sky. Hot air balloon balloon sky.

Left to right, are US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) Abe Caceres, SPC Steven Stocking and Sergeant (SGT) Michael Grabski, all with the 2/503rd Battalion, patrol an area litered with abandoned munitions in a local village near Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Members of 3rd Section, A Battery, 1ST Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment (Airborne), Fort Bragg, plug their ears as the M119 105mm howitzer fires during a joint field training. The soldiers are wearing MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) equipment. (Duplicate image, see also DASD9803109 or search 980201A6522J506)

The C-21 aircraft arrives at the base becoming a part of the 1403rd Military Airlift Squadron. The planes will be responsible for transporting people and high priority cargo throughout the Northwest Pacific

A 62nd Fighter Squadron F-35A Lightning II takes off

Major (MAJ) Tom Alicata (left), USAF, Pilot, and MAJ Tony Piso, USAF, Co-Pilot, 76th Airlift Squadron (AS), Ramstein Air Base, Germany, call for weather update before takeoff in a VC-9C Nightingale

Boom Operators point of view onboard a US Air Force (USAF) KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 900th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), showing a USAF E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft refueling during a mission flow over Northern Iraq, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

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