'Makos' support ground forces
ALI BASE, Iraq -- After spending the night here because of a weather diversion, Maj. Darren Censullo, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, does a preflight walk around his aircraft before takeoff Oct. 18. A reservist, the major flies with the 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Balad Air Base, Iraq. He is deployed from the 482nd Fighter Wing at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The fighters provide air support to Operation Iraqi Freedom coalition ground forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Paul Dean)
ALI BASE, Iraq -- After spending the night here because of a weather diversion, Maj. Darren Censullo, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, does a preflight walk around his aircraft before takeoff Oct. 18. A reservist, the major flies with the 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Balad Air Base, Iraq. He is deployed from the 482nd Fighter Wing at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The fighters provide air support to Operation Iraqi Freedom coalition ground forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Paul Dean)
Into Iraq
OVER IRAQ -- (From left) Majs. Ed Stack and Mark Parker and Tech. Sgt. Karl Schramm scan the sky during a C-130 Hercules mission to Iraq. The Airmen are assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a forward-deployed location. Major Stack is a co-pilot, Major Parker is a navigator, and Sergeant Schramm is a loadmaster. They are deployed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom from the 440th Airlift Wing at the General Mitchell Air Reserve Station, Wis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Aaron Burgstein)
OVER IRAQ -- (From left) Majs. Ed Stack and Mark Parker and Tech. Sgt. Karl Schramm scan the sky during a C-130 Hercules mission to Iraq. The Airmen are assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a forward-deployed location. Major Stack is a co-pilot, Major Parker is a navigator, and Sergeant Schramm is a loadmaster. They are deployed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom from the 440th Airlift Wing at the General Mitchell Air Reserve Station, Wis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Aaron Burgstein)
Airmen help save lives following UH-60 crash at Tallil
TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Local safety officials inspect the wreckage of a Sept. 21 Army UH-60 Blackhawk crash here. All four Soldiers on board were rescued from the helicopter by people of the 407th Air Expeditionary Group and 407th Expeditionary Medical Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jeff Andrejcik)
TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Local safety officials inspect the wreckage of a Sept. 21 Army UH-60 Blackhawk crash here. All four Soldiers on board were rescued from the helicopter by people of the 407th Air Expeditionary Group and 407th Expeditionary Medical Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jeff Andrejcik)
Air power!
OVER IRAQ -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon launches flares during a mission Aug. 18. The aircraft is assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base, Iraq, from the New Mexico Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Reed)
