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BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Jeremy Crombie talks to Senior Airman Trevor Scott via radio headsets about the status of a global positioning system test here, Jan. 11. Sergeant Crombie and Airman Scott are 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit avionics technicians deployed from Spangdahlem Air Force Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Jeremy Crombie, a 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit avionics technician, speaks into a radio headset to check the status of avionics operations here, Jan. 11. The avionics system gives a pilot the capability to utilize the Joint Direct Attack Munitions on the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Sergeant Crombie is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Force Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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Vehicle maintainers

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Tina Ivory, a 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintainer, removes snap rings from a backhoe here, Jan. 11. The rings aid in holding parts in place on the vehicle. Sergeant Ivory is deployed from Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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Vehicle maintainers

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Tina Ivory, a 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintainer, replaces a damaged arm on a backhoe here, Jan. 11. Vehicle maintainers ensure the readiness of all transportation vehicles on base. Sergeant Ivory is deployed from Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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Tactical airlift

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- A C-130 Hercules taxis on the runway here after a mission where the crew picked up personnel from a Forward Operating Base in Iraq, Jan 11. C-130s assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing moved more than 4,500 tons of cargo and 33,500 passengers during this Air and Space Expeditionary rotation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)

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Tactical airlift

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airmen and Soldiers exit a C-130 that landed here, Jan. 11. The C-130s main mission in Iraq is to provide precision air delivery of supplies and personnel throughout the theater of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)

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Weather resistant

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Raylene Thomas, a 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron entry control point guard, controls the access to Air Force housing here, Jan. 11, during the seasons first snow. Airman Thomas is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)

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Balad Airmen motivated through the rain

Published Jan. 11, 2008

Through rain or snow

Through rain or snow

Vehicle maintainers

Vehicle maintainers

Tactical airlift

Tactical airlift

Weather resistant