During a mission

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft prepares to take on fuel from a KC-10 Extender aircraft during a mission over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility April 24, 2010. The KC-10 is from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, which supports operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. 














(DoD photo by Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol, U.S. Air Force/Released)

Joint Terminal Attack Control Operations

U.S. Airmen provide over watch and call in air support in Jaghato, Afghanistan, May 1, 2010. The Airmen are assigned to Joint Terminal Attack Control Operations on Contingency Operating Post Jaghato. (DoD photo by Spc. De'Yonte Mosley, U.S. Army/Released)

Basra Operations

Iraqi soldiers conduct room clearing and joint cordon and search training at the Basra Operations Center in Basra, Iraq, April 28, 2010. The training is provided by U.S. Soldiers with a military transition team at the center. (DoD photo by Spc. Christopher Wellner, U.S. Army/Released)

Soldiers during an operation

U.S. Army Sgt. Colin Unverzagt, an explosive ordnance disposal technician, provides security after exiting a CH-47 Chinook helicopter with other Soldiers during an operation in the Khost province of Afghanistan April 23, 2010. The operation is being conducted to reintroduce a coalition presence, facilitate Afghan National Security Forces clearance of the Shembowat Valley and conduct key leader engagements with village elders in the province. The Soldiers are from Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). (DoD photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander, U.S. Army/Released)

Modular Airborne Firefighting System

A C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) drops water over an area in South Carolina April 28, 2010. The drop is part of annual MAFFS training and certification, which is taking place in Greenville, S.C., from April 26 to April 30. The aircraft is from the 146th Airlift Wing out of Port Hueneme, Calif. (DoD photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Carzis, U.S. Air Force/Released)

Airdrop

U.S. Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division prepare to conduct a static line airdrop from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during a joint forcible entry exercise over Fort Bragg, N.C., April 28, 2010. JFEX is designed to train service members for real-world contingency operations. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Robertson, U.S. Air Force/Released)

Chinook helicopter lands

U.S. Soldiers and Afghan National Army soldiers watch as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands in the village of Mengal Kheyl in Paktika, Afghanistan, April 22, 2010, following an air assault mission. The Soldiers are from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, Vermont Army National Guard. The mission, which resulted in the capture of the district’s largest weapons cache in three years, was the first combat air assault mission in the history of the Vermont National Guard. (DoD photo courtesy of the U.S. Army/Released)