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OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Master Sgt. Jay Haas prepares a Maverick missile for repacking. It was unloaded from an A-10 that returned from a combat mission over Iraq. Haas is a weapons loader with the 442nd Fighter Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. The wing was deployed to Tallil and Kirkuk Air Bases in Iraq in 2003. Air Force Reservists who were on this deployment were recently awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with a Valor Device. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)


Packing a Maverick

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Master Sgt. Jay Haas prepares a Maverick missile for repacking. It was unloaded from an A-10 that returned from a combat mission over Iraq. Haas is a weapons loader with the 442nd Fighter Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. The wing was deployed to Tallil and Kirkuk Air Bases in Iraq in 2003. Air Force Reservists who were on this deployment were recently awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with a Valor Device. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)

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U.S. Air Force Maj. John Marks, 303rd Fighter Squadron pilot, poses in front of a Saddam sign near Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Other bases Marks has deployed to in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom include Ahmed Al Jaber AB, Kuwait, and Kirkuk AB, Iraq. (Courtesy photo provided by Lt. Col. Marks)
Senior Airman Matt Price and Staff Sgt. Mark Kuhaneck, 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer, install new washing machines at the Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq self help laundry recently. Sergeant Kuhaneck is with the 442nd Civil Engineers Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. George Proctor)
Tech. Sgts. Demetrius Nichols and Erin Hubbard, work with Senior Airman Darren Hardt, deployed to Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, to re-arrange light fixtures in the base's old iCyber Cafe, which will be the future home for Force Protection, Safety and Public Affairs. Airman Hardt is one of 30 442nd Civil Engineers Squadron members deployed to the base for expeditionary combat support. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col Kerry Grimes)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Master Sgt. Kevin Bossaller (left) and Tech. Sgt. Dan Janssen completed refueling an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq on April 18, 2003. Officials here say this is the first A-10 hot refuel in Iraq and the first time the R-14 fuel hydrant system was used in the process. Bossallar is a crew chief, and Janssen is a fuel distribution supervisor. Both are assigned to the 442nd Fighter Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Master Sgt. Kevin Bossaller keeps in voice contact with the pilot as he refuels an A-10 Thunderbolt II. This was the first A-10 "hot" refuel in Iraq and the first time the R-14 fuel hydrant system was used in the hot-refuel process. Bossaller is an A-10 crew chief with the 442nd Fighter Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., which was deployed to Tallil and Kirkuk Air Bases in Iraq in 2003. Air Force Reservists who were on this deployment were recently awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with a Valor Device. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot taxis into position for a "hot" refuel of his A-10. This was the first A-10 hot refuel in Iraq and the first time the R-14 fuel hydrant system was used in the hot-refuel process. The pilot and aircraft are with the 442nd Fighter Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., which was deployed to Tallil and Kirkuk Air Bases in Iraq in 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Tech. Sgt. Dan Janssen (left) and Fuel Distribution Supervisor Master Sgt. Kevin Bossaller Crew Chief, drag a hose to refuel an A-10 Thunderbolt II. This was the first A-10 "hot" refuel in Iraq and the first time the R-14 fuel hydrant system was used in the hot-refuel process. Bossaller is an A-10 crew chief and Janssen was the fuel distribution supervisor with the 442nd Fighter Wing, which was deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., to Tallil and Kirkuk Air Bases in Iraq in 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Then Tech. Sgt., now Master Sgt. Tim Glenn directs an A-10 Thunderbolt II on April 18, 2003. He is a crew chief assigned to the 442nd Fighter Wing, which deployed to Tallil and Kirkuk Air Bases in Iraq in 2003. Officials here say this is the first A-10 hot refuel in Iraq and the first time the R-14 fuel hydrant system was used in the process. The 442nd is from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- A-10 Thunderbolt IIs ares lined up on the flightline of Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq awaiting pilots. The aircraft are part of the 442nd Fighter Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., which was deployed to Talli and Kirkuk Air Bases in 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Then 1st Lt., now Capt. Mike Sadler, a pilot with the 442nd Fighter Wing, waves at his crew chief during his taxi to the runway to launch his A-10 on a combat mission over Iraq on April 18, 2003. The 442nd is from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., and was deployed to Tallil and Kirkuk Air Bases in southern Iraq. Air Force Reservists who were on this deployment were recently awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with a Valor Device. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 442nd Fighter Wing taxi before a combat mission over Iraq on April 18. The 442nd FW from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., was deployed to Tallil and Kirkuk Air Bases in Iraq in 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)
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