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U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper is greeted

A C-135C 'white-top' aircraft used in the executive

Two C-17 Globemaster IIIs, 437th Airlift Wing (AW), Charleston AFB, South Carolina, parked at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The aircraft are at Ramstein to support humanitarian airdrops in Afghanistan as part of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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US Air Force (USAF) Airmen deployed with the 320th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) fold an American flag during a Memorial Day Ceremony held at an undisclosed forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Austin Brant, a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft Crew CHIEF, from the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), attached to the 40th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) stands ready to marshal his aircraft on the flight line at an undisclosed location, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An American flag flies from the antenna of a vehicle that is being driven down the stern ramp of an air cushion landing craft (LCAC). The 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade's (4th MEB's) ground units are coming ashore at Onslow Beach after disembarking from the amphibious ships on which they were deployed in the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) William Bedell, 320th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), presents a folded American Flag to USAF Colonel (COL) Mark O. Schissler, Commander, 320th AEW, during a Prisoner of War (POW)/Missing in Action (MIA) Observance Ceremony conducted on Memorial Day at an undisclosed forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The American Flag flies in the foreground as a US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft taxies for take off, at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment wave American flags as they disembark from a commercial jet liner upon arrival at Fort Stewart, Georgia (GA), after redeploying from Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 40th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (ECES), prepare B-52H Stratofortress aircraft and KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft for their missions, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, as they prepare for the largest bombing sorties conducted by coalition forces since the beginning of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman from the 304th Rescue Squadron (RQS) descends carrying the American Flag, while participating in a parachute jump over Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 40th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (ECES), prepare B-52H Stratofortress aircraft and KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft for their missions, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, as they prepare for the largest bombing sorties conducted by coalition forces since the beginning of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An American Flag blows in the breeze in the foreground as US Air Force (USAF) personnel assigned to Air Expeditionary Force One-Two (AEF 1-2), prepare to disembark from a World Airways DC-10 commercial airliner, after arriving to support the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), at an undisclosed forward deployed location in Southwest Asia, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Country: Unknown

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Shaun Withers, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alex J. Butler, loadmaster

A detailed view of the weapons load of an F-16C Falcon from the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spandahlem AB Germany as it takes on fuel from a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom on 31 Mar 99. While patroling the skies over Kosovo during Operation Allied Force, it is armed with AIM-120C missiles on the two outboard stations for self protection and Highspeed Anti Radiation Missiles on the inboard station to suppress anti-aircraft radar sites

A loadmaster from the 136th Airlift Wing (AW), Fort Worth, Texas, marshalls a grader on to a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Gulfport Guard Combat Training Center, Mississippi. Members of the 136th AW are deployed to Gulfport, Mississippi, participating in exercise IGX-5. IGX-5 is an ORI (Operational Readiness Exercise) simulating the deployment of an Air Expeditionary Force to a forward operating location. The exercise, which lasts just under a week, is designed to evaluate the readiness of US Air Force personnel

U.S. Secretary of Defense The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (at lectern) speaks during the Memorial Service at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11, 2002. More than 13,000 people attended the service, including U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, to remember those who lost their lives one year ago when terrorists crashed a commercial airliner into the Pentagon Building (DoD photo by MASTER SGT. Mark A. Suban) (Released)

A Garrison Flag, the largest authorized for the military, from the US Army Band at Fort Myers, Virginia, is delivered to the Pentagon as a backdrop for US President George W. Bushs visit to the impact site. The morning before, in an attempt to frighten the American people, five members of Al-Qaida, a terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims, hijacked American Airlines Flight 77, then flew it into the Pentagon killing all 64 passengers onboard and 125 people on the ground. Firefighters fought the fire through the night. The Pentagon was the third target by four hijacked aircraft, the twin towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) were the other targets, and one unknown when the passengers...

“These are the things that are important to me,” said

A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 171st Air Refueling Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Gaurd, heads a line up of tankers on the ramp at RAF Lakenheath United Kingdom on March 28, 1999. The Pennsylvania ANG aircraft temporarily assigned to the 100th Air Expeditionary Wing at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, was diverted to Lakenheath due to adverse winds at Mildenhall. This mission is in direct support of NATO Operation Allied Force

Brig. Gen. Jose M. Rosado, Commander, 65th Regional Readiness Command, was allowed to come aboard American Airlines and speak to the members of the 266 Ordinance Company from Puerto Rico and support troops of the Continental U.S. (CONUS) who have just arrived to Puerto Rico from Kuwait. Here we see a pilot from American Airlines getting names put onto the American Flag. (U.S. Army photo by Joseph Bonet) (Released)

A C-5 Galaxy arrives with the early morning sun carrying 366th Air Expeditionary Wing F-16C Fighting Falcon support personnel deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

British personnel arrive in a Land Rover Truck Utility Light (TUL), with a Weapons Mounted Installation Kit (WMIK) carries a FNMI 7.62mm M240G general purpose machine gun, at Living Support Area 5 (LSA-5). They arrived at camp for a combined British forces and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines briefing as they prepare to carry out a battle plan for a possible war with Iraq during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image)

Aerial view of the North Ramp at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Aircraft visable on the flight line (Left to right) are Saudi Air Force 707's, US Air Force E-3 AWACS Sentrys and KC-135 Stratotankers. Personal working at the North Ramp are a part of the coalition forces of the 363d Air Expeditionary Wing that enforces the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Landon Favors, Weapons Loader, assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), checks the safety pins on a Conventional Air Launch Cruise Missile attached to the wing pylon of aUSAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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