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Photo Essay: Security Forces protect Al Asad flight line during drawdown

  • Published
  • By Senior Airman Perry Aston
  • Air Component Coordination Element- Iraq Public Affairs
Editor's note: This is part two of a three part photo series highlighting the Air Force's involvement during the Responsible Drawdown of Forces in Iraq.


As U.S. forces drawdown in Iraq, the Air Force's footprint will become noticeably smaller, but units such as the 552nd Expeditionary Operation Support Squadron Security Forces Flight at Al Asad AB, continue their mission of providing security on the flight line and Life Support Areas.

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