A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon conducts close air support operations over Iraq on Feb. 17, 2009, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The aircraft are deployed to Southwest Asia from the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons conduct close air support operations over Iraq on Feb. 17, 2009, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The aircraft are deployed to Southwest Asia from the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon conducts close air support operations over Iraq on Feb. 17, 2009, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The aircraft are deployed to Southwest Asia from the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon conducts close air support operations over Iraq on Feb. 17, 2009, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The aircraft are deployed to Southwest Asia from the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon conducts close air support operations over Iraq on Feb. 17, 2009, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The aircraft are deployed to Southwest Asia from the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon conducts close air support operations over Iraq on Feb. 17, 2009, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The aircraft are deployed to Southwest Asia from the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon conducts close air support operations over Iraq on Feb. 17, 2009, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The aircraft are deployed to Southwest Asia from the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon conducts close air support operations over Iraq on Feb. 17, 2009, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The aircraft are deployed to Southwest Asia from the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker boom during close air support operations over Iraq on Feb. 17, 2009, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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F-16s provide close air support in Iraq

Published Feb. 20, 2009

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