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An F-16 Fighting Falcon with the 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron takes off from Joint Base Balad, Iraq, on a mission to support Operation Iraqi Freedom Sept. 29. The F-16 is deployed from the Air National Guard's 180th Fighter Wing in Toledo, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)

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Published Oct. 3, 2008