Senior Airman Corey Kraus, 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, is amazed by a card trick performed by David Blaine, a world famous illusionist, during a visit to Sather Air Base, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2011. Karl Malone, former National Basketball Association professional basketball player, and Blaine visited Airmen here as part of a three country, six-day USO tour. Kraus, from Dayton, Ohio, is deployed from the 509th Civil Engineer Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

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David Blaine, world famous illusionist, performs a card trick for Tech. Sgt. Priscilla Tillman, 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron resource advisor, during a visit to Sather Air Base, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2011. Karl Malone, former National Basketball Association professional basketball player, and Blaine visited Airmen here as part of a three country, six-day USO tour. Tillman is deployed from the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

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Karl Malone autographs a souvenir during a USO appearance at Sather Air Base, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2011. Malone, former National Basketball Association professional basketball player, and David Blaine visited Airmen here as part of a three country, six-day USO tour. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

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Brig. Gen. Anthony Rock, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing commander and Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission-Air director, talks basketball with Karl Malone during a visit to Sather Air Base, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2011. Malone, a former National Basketball Association professional basketball player, and David Blaine, an illusionist and magician, visited Airmen here as part of a three country, six-day USO tour. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

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Celebrities bring magic and basketball to Sather AB

Published Aug. 3, 2011
321st Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

SATHER AIR BASE, Iraq -- David Blaine, world famous illusionist, and Karl Malone, former National Basketball Association professional basketball player, visited with Airmen Aug. 2 at Sather Air Base, Iraq, as part of a three country, six-day USO tour.

To view a video broadcast of the USO visit, click here. To view a photo slideshow, click here.