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A C-17 Globemaster III is unloaded during a mild evening

A C-17 Globemaster III is unloaded during a mild evening

A C-17 Globemaster III is unloaded during a mild evening dust storm on March 11, 2008, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. Since the start of 2008 Sather personnel are responsible for the movement and coordination of ove... More

Pallets are loaded on a C-17 Globemaster III at Sather

Pallets are loaded on a C-17 Globemaster III at Sather

Pallets are loaded on a C-17 Globemaster III at Sather Air Base, Iraq on April 15, 2008. Temperatures in Baghdad reached over 100 degrees for the second day in a row. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

1st Lt. Bethany Mettes, 447th Air Expeditionary Group

1st Lt. Bethany Mettes, 447th Air Expeditionary Group

1st Lt. Bethany Mettes, 447th Air Expeditionary Group chief of protocol, greets Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on one of his many visits to Baghdad. Lieutenant Mettes and the Air Force Baghdad protocol team ... More

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz speaks

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz speaks

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz speaks to Airmen from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group at Sather Air Base, Iraq on Oct. 24, 2008. General Schwartz spoke to Airmen about career field reorganizatio... More

U.S. and Iraqi Air Force firefighters train together

U.S. and Iraqi Air Force firefighters train together

U.S. and Iraqi Air Force firefighters train together to learn how to handle a fire in the cargo hold of an Iraqi C-130 Herculese transport aircraft at New Al Muthana Air Base, Iraq on Oct. 29, 2008.

Lt. Col. Kelly Martin, 447th Expeditionary Operations

Lt. Col. Kelly Martin, 447th Expeditionary Operations

Lt. Col. Kelly Martin, 447th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron commander, says a few words about Senior Airman Denton Soucie, an air traffic controller with the 447th EOSS, during his reenlistment cerem... More

An Iraqi air force firefighter rescues a U.S. Airman

An Iraqi air force firefighter rescues a U.S. Airman

An Iraqi air force firefighter rescues a U.S. Airman mock casualty during a major accident response exercise at new al Muthana Air Base, Iraq on Nov. 21. The MARE tests the abilities of a joint response of fire... More

Tetanus, hepatitis A and B, influenza, small pox, anthrax

Tetanus, hepatitis A and B, influenza, small pox, anthrax

Tetanus, hepatitis A and B, influenza, small pox, anthrax and typhoid are just a few examples of immunizations required for military members. These immunizations are a critical part of maintaining force readiness.

Staff Sgt Michael Breive exits a joint explosive ordnance

Staff Sgt Michael Breive exits a joint explosive ordnance

Staff Sgt Michael Breive exits a joint explosive ordnance disposal rapid response vehicle or JERRV Dec. 17 at Sather Air Base, Iraq. Breive is assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosi... More

Technical Sgt. John Lindberg, 321st Air Expeditionary

Technical Sgt. John Lindberg, 321st Air Expeditionary

Technical Sgt. John Lindberg, 321st Air Expeditionary Advisory Group, helps guide the forklift carrying pallets onto a truck. This is the first order of pallets to be received by the Iraqi air force using their... More

Senior Airman Jerry Daniels, 817th Expeditionary Airlift

Senior Airman Jerry Daniels, 817th Expeditionary Airlift

Senior Airman Jerry Daniels, 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster, connects supplemental restraints to palletized baggage on a C-17 Globemaster III July 10, 2010, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. Air Force ... More

A C-17 Globemaster III arrives, Aug. 10, at Sather

A C-17 Globemaster III arrives, Aug. 10, at Sather

A C-17 Globemaster III arrives, Aug. 10, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. The C-17 provides vital support in transporting military personnel during The U.S. Forces Responsible Drawdown of Forces to 50,000 troops by th... More

Soldiers board a C-17 Globemaster III, Aug. 13, at

Soldiers board a C-17 Globemaster III, Aug. 13, at

Soldiers board a C-17 Globemaster III, Aug. 13, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. The soldiers are redeploying as part of the withdrawal of U.S. forces to 50,000 troops by the end of August when Operation Iraqi Freedom... More

Gen. Raymond Odierno, United States Forces - Iraq commander,

Gen. Raymond Odierno, United States Forces - Iraq commander,

Gen. Raymond Odierno, United States Forces - Iraq commander, salutes Vice President Joe Biden, after arriving at Sather Airbase, Iraq, Aug 30. Vice President Biden well be taking part in the USF-I commanding Ge... More

U.S. Air Force members prepare to run in the runDisney

U.S. Air Force members prepare to run in the runDisney

U.S. Air Force members prepare to run in the runDisney Heroes Race. Members from all branches of the U.S. military and several different countries’ service members participated in the 13.1 mile race that mirror... More

Daniel Ginsberg, the assistant secretary of the Air

Daniel Ginsberg, the assistant secretary of the Air

Daniel Ginsberg, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, speaks with Tech. Sgt. David Milcarek, Rising Six club president, about the role of junior enlisted airmen at Sather A... More

A lone tour guide stands in a ball room waiting for

A lone tour guide stands in a ball room waiting for

A lone tour guide stands in a ball room waiting for tour patrons to catch up the main tour group at Victory Over America Palace, Baghdad, Jan. 29. The Sather Air Base Chapel runs tours of historic sites on a re... More

Senior Airman Justin McGhee, 447th Expeditionary Security

Senior Airman Justin McGhee, 447th Expeditionary Security

Senior Airman Justin McGhee, 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron member, places unserviceable office furniture into a temporary dump site, March 19. The collection point was set up in conjunction with ... More

Wounded warriors wait to exit the aircraft while service

Wounded warriors wait to exit the aircraft while service

Wounded warriors wait to exit the aircraft while service members wait to greet the combat veterans in support of Operation Proper Exit April 25, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. These veterans are returning to Iraq to... More

Senior Airman William Wilson Jr., a movement control

Senior Airman William Wilson Jr., a movement control

Senior Airman William Wilson Jr., a movement control team member, with the 37th Movement Control Team, 53rd Transportation Battalion, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, and a Republic of Trinidad and Toba... More

Senior Airman William Wilson, a movement control team

Senior Airman William Wilson, a movement control team

Senior Airman William Wilson, a movement control team member with the 37th Movement Control Team, 53rd Transportation Battalion, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command and a Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, na... More

Staff Sgt. Thomas Dement, 447th Expeditionary Security

Staff Sgt. Thomas Dement, 447th Expeditionary Security

Staff Sgt. Thomas Dement, 447th Expeditionary Security Force Squadron patrol leader, picks up his clean clothes from the laundromat May 4. People at Sather should expect major changes in services over the comin... More

A controlled fire builds strength under the “wing”

A controlled fire builds strength under the “wing”

A controlled fire builds strength under the “wing” of the aircraft simulator at Baghdad International Airport, May 18. The newly completed simulator is the culmination of efforts by multiple organizations in Ir... More

First Lt. Arthur Litchfield, Iraq Training and Advisory

First Lt. Arthur Litchfield, Iraq Training and Advisory

First Lt. Arthur Litchfield, Iraq Training and Advisory Mission-Air officer in charge of the foreign excess personal property program, speaks to his wife Desiree as she holds the newest addition to their family... More

Participants of a two-mile road march honoring the

Participants of a two-mile road march honoring the

Participants of a two-mile road march honoring the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks press forward at Sather Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 11, 2011. More than 100 soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians donned thei... More

T-wall art on Sather Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2011.

T-wall art on Sather Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2011.

T-wall art on Sather Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2011. All of the T-wall art on Sather Air Base was painted by military and civilian personnel during Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation New Dawn.

Service members salute while the U.S. national anthem

Service members salute while the U.S. national anthem

Service members salute while the U.S. national anthem plays during a flag casing ceremony that marked the end of Operation New Dawn, at the former Sather Air Base, in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 15, 2011. Since 2003, m... More

Airmen wait for a pallet of equipment to be loaded

Airmen wait for a pallet of equipment to be loaded

Airmen wait for a pallet of equipment to be loaded on a C-17 Globemaster III Jan. 30 at Sather Air Base, Iraq. The largest number of passengers and the second largest amount of cargo in Iraq moves through Sathe... More

Personnel supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom load on

Personnel supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom load on

Personnel supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom load on to a C-130 Hercules during a dust storm at Sather Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 30. Sather AB is located on the west side of Baghdad International Airport and is t... More

Members of the 447 Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's

Members of the 447 Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's

Members of the 447 Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's (ECES) spall repair team remove deteriorated sections of the runway at Baghdad International Airport on Feb. 2, 2008. Indirect fire attacks and the con... More

Airmen from 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness

Airmen from 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness

Airmen from 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's aerial port flight secure Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles to the flooring of a Globemaster III cargo bay at an air base in the Persian Gul... More

U.S. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey (center) and

U.S. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey (center) and

U.S. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey (center) and his entourage are met by security personnel after flying to Sather Air Base, Iraq on a C-130 Hercules on Feb. 13, 2008. Mukasey is in Iraq to meet with Iraq... More

An Iraqi air force loadmaster guides a forklift toward

An Iraqi air force loadmaster guides a forklift toward

An Iraqi air force loadmaster guides a forklift toward the ramp of a C-130 Hercules before unloading 920 AK-47 assault rifles and uniform items from a C-130 Hercules at Mosul, Iraq on Feb. 16, 2008. It is the f... More

Tech. Sgt. Tracy McDonald, Air Traffic Controller,

Tech. Sgt. Tracy McDonald, Air Traffic Controller,

Tech. Sgt. Tracy McDonald, Air Traffic Controller, 447 Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, Sather Air Base, Iraq rappels from the top of the Baghdad International Airport control tower during a training ... More

Pallets are loaded on a C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston

Pallets are loaded on a C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston

Pallets are loaded on a C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston Air Force Base, SC at Sather Air Base, Iraq on April 15, 2008. Temperatures in Baghdad reached over 100 degrees for the second day in a row. (U.S. A... More

1st Lt. Bethany Mettes, 447th Air Expeditionary Group

1st Lt. Bethany Mettes, 447th Air Expeditionary Group

1st Lt. Bethany Mettes, 447th Air Expeditionary Group chief of protocol, receives a coin for outstanding performance from America's highest ranking military officer, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Na... More

Chief Master Sgt. John Cinquemani, 447th Expeditionary

Chief Master Sgt. John Cinquemani, 447th Expeditionary

Chief Master Sgt. John Cinquemani, 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron fire chief, congratulates Iraqi air force firefighters on their accomplishments during a combined American Iraqi training exercise ... More

Senior Airman Denton Soucie, left, an air traffic controller

Senior Airman Denton Soucie, left, an air traffic controller

Senior Airman Denton Soucie, left, an air traffic controller with the 447th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, recites the oath of enlistment given by Lt. Col. Kelly Martin, 447th EOSS commander, during... More

Airmen from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group were

Airmen from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group were

Airmen from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group were surprised by a special visitor that landed on the unit sign in front of the headquarters building at Sather Air base on the west side of Baghdad International ... More

U.S. and Iraqi firefighters enter an Iraqi C-130 during

U.S. and Iraqi firefighters enter an Iraqi C-130 during

U.S. and Iraqi firefighters enter an Iraqi C-130 during a major accident response exercise at new al Muthana Air Base, Iraq on Nov. 21. The MARE tests the abilities of a joint response of fire rescue, medical a... More

Tech. Sgt Jeffrey Wasik kneels next to an explosive

Tech. Sgt Jeffrey Wasik kneels next to an explosive

Tech. Sgt Jeffrey Wasik kneels next to an explosive ordnance disposal robot. Wasik is assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Alpha Flight, and deployed from Nel... More

Sualla, Iraqi air force, moves the first pallets to

Sualla, Iraqi air force, moves the first pallets to

Sualla, Iraqi air force, moves the first pallets to be received by the Iraqi air force. The pallet's arrival at Sather Air Base is a test of the new Iraqi logistical readiness system at New Al Muthana AB, Iraq Jan. 23.

Members of Charlie Company, 67th Expeditionary Signal

Members of Charlie Company, 67th Expeditionary Signal

Members of Charlie Company, 67th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, out of Fort Gordon, Ga., board a C-17 Globemaster III from the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, deployed from Cha... More

Interceptor Body Armor from the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry

Interceptor Body Armor from the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry

Interceptor Body Armor from the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, sit in the passenger terminal, Aug. 10, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. 3rd ID soldiers are redeploying to Fort Benning, Ga, after a year-long deplo... More

Soldiers ensure their weapons are clear before entering

Soldiers ensure their weapons are clear before entering

Soldiers ensure their weapons are clear before entering the terminal, Aug. 13, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. The Soldiers are redeploying as part of the withdrawal of U.S. forces to 50,000 troops by the end of Augu... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Raymond Madrid, Iraq Training and

U.S. Air Force Maj. Raymond Madrid, Iraq Training and

U.S. Air Force Maj. Raymond Madrid, Iraq Training and Advisory Mission-Air Force deputy chief of staff, (center) speaks about his experience for a live video stream to Walt Disney World for the runDisney Heroes... More

U.S Air Force Master Sgt. George Piper, 447th Air

U.S Air Force Master Sgt. George Piper, 447th Air

U.S Air Force Master Sgt. George Piper, 447th Air Expeditionary Group test control officer, speaks about education office services with Daniel Ginsberg, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and... More

Service members stationed in Baghdad explore the Victory

Service members stationed in Baghdad explore the Victory

Service members stationed in Baghdad explore the Victory over America Palace during a tour of historic buildings at Victory Base Complex, Baghdad, Jan. 29. The Sather Air Base chapel runs tours of historic site... More

Combat veterans exit the aircraft to be welcomed back

Combat veterans exit the aircraft to be welcomed back

Combat veterans exit the aircraft to be welcomed back to Iraq in part of Operation Proper Exit, April 25, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. This is their first time back in country since they were injured, and they are... More

Senior Airman William Wilson Jr., a movement control

Senior Airman William Wilson Jr., a movement control

Senior Airman William Wilson Jr., a movement control team member with the 37th Movement Control Team, 53rd Transportation Battalion, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, a Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, n... More

Cargo is ready to be removed from the vehicle via forklift

Cargo is ready to be removed from the vehicle via forklift

Cargo is ready to be removed from the vehicle via forklift to be shipped out of Sather Air Base, Iraq. Outbound cargo goes back to the states for redeployment, to Kuwait and even to Afghanistan to support Opera... More

Sather Air Base firefighters with Sallyport Company,

Sather Air Base firefighters with Sallyport Company,

Sather Air Base firefighters with Sallyport Company, extinguish a simulated engine fire on the aircraft simulator at Baghdad International Airport, May 18. The newly completed simulator is the culmination of ef... More

First Lt. Arthur Litchfield, Iraq Training and Advisory

First Lt. Arthur Litchfield, Iraq Training and Advisory

First Lt. Arthur Litchfield, Iraq Training and Advisory Mission-Air officer in charge of the foreign excess personal property program, was able to watch his wife Desiree give birth to their son, Cohen James Lit... More

Participants of a two-mile road march honoring the

Participants of a two-mile road march honoring the

Participants of a two-mile road march honoring the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks press forward at Sather Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 11, 2011. More than 100 soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians donned thei... More

A U.S. civilian contractor, Jeff Sency, a forklift

A U.S. civilian contractor, Jeff Sency, a forklift

A U.S. civilian contractor, Jeff Sency, a forklift operator with Readiness Management Support, prestages a T-wall on Sather Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2011. The T-walls will be used to help protect the living qu... More

Typical airfield operations continue despite a dust

Typical airfield operations continue despite a dust

Typical airfield operations continue despite a dust storm at Sather Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 30. Sather AB is located on the west side of Baghdad International Airport and is the largest mover of passengers in I... More

Members of the 447 Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's

Members of the 447 Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's

Members of the 447 Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's (ECES) spall repair team pour 5-gallon buckets of quick drying concrete into a section of the runway at Baghdad International Airport on Feb. 2, 2008. ... More

Newly trained members of the Iraq police force get

Newly trained members of the Iraq police force get

Newly trained members of the Iraq police force get off an Iraqi Air Force C-130 Hercules at New Al Muthana Air Base, Baghdad, Iraq on an on Feb. 11, 2008. The Iraqi air force at New Al Muthana is trained by U.... More

Members of the media interview General Khalaf, Iraqi

Members of the media interview General Khalaf, Iraqi

Members of the media interview General Khalaf, Iraqi Logistics Commander, about the delivery of 920 AK-47 assault rifles and uniform items to Iraqi troops in Mosul, Iraq on Feb. 16, 2008. Tech. Sgt Bluethman is... More

Tech. Sgt. Tracy McDonald , Air Traffic Controller,

Tech. Sgt. Tracy McDonald , Air Traffic Controller,

Tech. Sgt. Tracy McDonald , Air Traffic Controller, 447 Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, Sather Air Base, Iraq rappels from the top of the Baghdad International Airport control tower during a training... More

Pallets are loaded on a C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston

Pallets are loaded on a C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston

Pallets are loaded on a C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. at Sather Air Base, Iraq on April 15, 2008. Temperatures in Baghdad reached over 100 degrees for the second day in a row. (U.S.... More

U.S. and Iraqi Air Force firefighters train together

U.S. and Iraqi Air Force firefighters train together

U.S. and Iraqi Air Force firefighters train together to learn how to handle a fire in the cargo hold of an Iraqi C-130 Hercules transport aircraft at New Al Muthana Air Base, Iraq on Oct. 29, 2008.

Members of the 447th Expeditionary Operations Support

Members of the 447th Expeditionary Operations Support

Members of the 447th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron pose for a photo at Sather Air Base, Iraq, on Nov. 1, 2008.

Airmen from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group were

Airmen from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group were

Airmen from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group were surprised by a special visitor that landed on the unit sign in front of the headquarters building at Sather Air base on the west side of Baghdad International ... More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team One, Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team One, Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team One, Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Wasik, Staff Sgt. Michael and Breive Airman 1st Class Derrick Torba, poses in front of a joint explosive ordnance disposal rapid response vehicle or JERR... More

Tech. Sgt. Michael Francis, 447th Air Expeditionary

Tech. Sgt. Michael Francis, 447th Air Expeditionary

Tech. Sgt. Michael Francis, 447th Air Expeditionary Group swing shift non-commissioned officer in charge of protocol, uses his off-duty time while deployed to Baghdad to teach soccer skills to Iraqi children an... More

Arkan, Iraqi air force, helps guide the forklift carrying

Arkan, Iraqi air force, helps guide the forklift carrying

Arkan, Iraqi air force, helps guide the forklift carrying pallets onto a truck. This is the first order of pallets to be received by the Iraqi air force using their new logistical readiness system at New Al Mut... More

Members of Charlie Company, 67th Expeditionary Signal

Members of Charlie Company, 67th Expeditionary Signal

Members of Charlie Company, 67th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, out of Fort Gordon, Ga., board a C-17 Globemaster III from the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, deployed from Cha... More

Tech. Sgt. Tiny Snodgrass, C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster,

Tech. Sgt. Tiny Snodgrass, C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster,

Tech. Sgt. Tiny Snodgrass, C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, connects the seat's emergency oxygen system together, in case the cabin becomes depressurized during flight, Aug. 10, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. Snodgr... More

An airman scans I.D. cards of soldiers from the 4/2

An airman scans I.D. cards of soldiers from the 4/2

An airman scans I.D. cards of soldiers from the 4/2 Stryker Brigade as they proceed through Sather Air base, Iraq Aug. 13. Since January 2008, U.S. Air Force airmen have flown more than 80,000 sorties, moving 2... More

Members from all branches of the U.S. military and

Members from all branches of the U.S. military and

Members from all branches of the U.S. military and from several different countries’ service members participate in the runDisney Heroes Race at Victory Base Complex, Iraq, Jan. 8. The 13.1 mile race mirrored t... More

U.S Air Force Brig. Gen. Anthony Rock, 321st Air

U.S Air Force Brig. Gen. Anthony Rock, 321st Air

U.S Air Force Brig. Gen. Anthony Rock, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing commander and Iraq Training and Advisory Mission - Air director, shows off a containerized housing unit, or CHU, to Daniel Ginsberg, the assis... More

U.S. Staff Sgt. Angela Ward, 447th Air Expeditionary

U.S. Staff Sgt. Angela Ward, 447th Air Expeditionary

U.S. Staff Sgt. Angela Ward, 447th Air Expeditionary Group chaplain's assistant, takes a photo of service members in Victory Over America Palace in Baghdad, Jan. 29. The Sather Air Base Chapel runs tours of his... More

Combat veterans exit the aircraft to be welcomed back

Combat veterans exit the aircraft to be welcomed back

Combat veterans exit the aircraft to be welcomed back to Iraq in part of Operation Proper Exit, April 25, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. This is their first time back in country since they were injured, and they are... More

Senior Airman William Wilson Jr., a movement control

Senior Airman William Wilson Jr., a movement control

Senior Airman William Wilson Jr., a movement control team member, with the 37th Movement Control Team, 53rd Transportation Battalion, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, and a Republic of Trinidad and Toba... More

Senior Airman Lorenzo Powell, a movement control team

Senior Airman Lorenzo Powell, a movement control team

Senior Airman Lorenzo Powell, a movement control team member with the 37th Movement Control Team, 53rd Transportation Battalion, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command and a Marbell, Ark., native, helps remove... More

Sather Air Base firefighters with Sallyport Company,

Sather Air Base firefighters with Sallyport Company,

Sather Air Base firefighters with Sallyport Company, drown a fire on the aircraft simulator at Baghdad International Airport, May 18. The newly completed simulator is the culmination of efforts by multiple orga... More

Security forces airmen equipment, representing fallen

Security forces airmen equipment, representing fallen

Security forces airmen equipment, representing fallen police officers, is displayed during a flag folding ceremony immediately following a two-mile road march honoring the 9/11 attacks tenth anniversary at Sath... More

A U.S. civilian contractor, Jeff Sency, a forklift

A U.S. civilian contractor, Jeff Sency, a forklift

A U.S. civilian contractor, Jeff Sency, a forklift operator with Readiness Management Support, prestages a T-wall on Sather Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2011. The T-walls will be used to help protect the living qu... More

A C-130 Hercules taxis to parking during a dust storm

A C-130 Hercules taxis to parking during a dust storm

A C-130 Hercules taxis to parking during a dust storm at Sather Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 30. Baghdad International Airport recently activated a Instrument Landing System which allows pilots to use aircraft instr... More

Members of the 447 Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's

Members of the 447 Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's

Members of the 447 Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron's (ECES) spall repair team pour 5-gallon buckets of quick drying concrete into a section of the runway at Baghdad International Airport on Feb. 2, 2008. ... More

Tech. Sgt. Tracy McDonald , Air Traffic Controller,

Tech. Sgt. Tracy McDonald , Air Traffic Controller,

Tech. Sgt. Tracy McDonald , Air Traffic Controller, 447 Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, Sather Air Base, Iraq rappels from the top of the Baghdad International Airport control tower during a training... More

Iraqi students receive their first payday of 125,000

Iraqi students receive their first payday of 125,000

Iraqi students receive their first payday of 125,000 Iraqi Dinars, about $100, March 13, at the Red Horse Village of Hope school in Hawr Rajab, Iraq. Similar to a technical school, Iraqi students are taught reb... More

Master Sgt. John Bell (center), and Staff Sgt. Dale

Master Sgt. John Bell (center), and Staff Sgt. Dale

Master Sgt. John Bell (center), and Staff Sgt. Dale Catlett (right) work with Iraqi firefighters on a combined training exercise that was aimed at developing American and Iraqi cooperation in the event of an ai... More

Staff Sgt. Brock Waggoner inserts the barrel of a M2-.50

Staff Sgt. Brock Waggoner inserts the barrel of a M2-.50

Staff Sgt. Brock Waggoner inserts the barrel of a M2-.50 caliber machine gun with the help from Staff Sgt. Eric Cadena at Sather Air Base, Iraq. The Airmen are deployed to the 447th Expeditionary Security Force... More

Airmen from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group were

Airmen from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group were

Airmen from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group were surprised by a special visitor that landed on the unit sign in front of the headquarters building at Sather Air base on the west side of Baghdad International ... More

Master Sgt. Christina Taylor, 447th Air Expeditionary

Master Sgt. Christina Taylor, 447th Air Expeditionary

Master Sgt. Christina Taylor, 447th Air Expeditionary Group non-commissioned officer in charge of protocol assist senior Republic of Korea leaders with their visit to Baghdad. The 447th AEG protocol team repres... More

Airman 1st Class Derrick Torba steps up to a joint

Airman 1st Class Derrick Torba steps up to a joint

Airman 1st Class Derrick Torba steps up to a joint explosive ordnance disposal rapid response vehicle or JERRV Dec. 17 at Sather Air Base, Iraq. Torba is assigned to the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squad... More

A C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston Air Force Base,

A C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston Air Force Base,

A C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., sits on the tarmac July 10, 2010, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. Air Force assets are playing a vital role in the Iraq drawdown to 50,000 troops by Aug. 31, 2010.

A C-17 Globemaster III arrives, Aug. 10, at Sather

A C-17 Globemaster III arrives, Aug. 10, at Sather

A C-17 Globemaster III arrives, Aug. 10, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. The C-17 provides vital support in transporting military personnel during The U.S. Forces Responsible Drawdown of Forces to 50,000 troops by th... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Richard Trost, 321st Air

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Richard Trost, 321st Air

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Richard Trost, 321st Air Expeditionary Wing logistics planner, opens cases of sports drink in preparation for runners finishing the runDisney Heroes Race at Victory Base Camp, Iraq, Ja... More

Service members deployed to Baghdad explore the Victory

Service members deployed to Baghdad explore the Victory

Service members deployed to Baghdad explore the Victory over America palace during a tour of historic buildings at Baghdad, Jan. 29. The Sather Air Base Chapel runs tours of historic sites on a regular basis.

Wounded warriors, who were previously injured in Iraq,

Wounded warriors, who were previously injured in Iraq,

Wounded warriors, who were previously injured in Iraq, return to the country to seek closure and a proper exit this time. Several service members flew into Sather Air Base, Iraq, April 25, in part of Operation ... More

Senior Airman William Wilson Jr., a movement control

Senior Airman William Wilson Jr., a movement control

Senior Airman William Wilson Jr., a movement control team member with the 37th Movement Control Team, 53rd Transportation Battalion, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command and a Republic of Trinidad and Tobago... More

Senior Airman Lorenzo Powell, a movement control team

Senior Airman Lorenzo Powell, a movement control team

Senior Airman Lorenzo Powell, a movement control team member with the 37th Movement Control Team, 53rd Transportation Battalion, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command and a Marbell, Ark., native, helps remove... More

Sather Air Base firefighters with Sallyport Company

Sather Air Base firefighters with Sallyport Company

Sather Air Base firefighters with Sallyport Company drown a fire on the aircraft simulator at Baghdad International Airport, May 18. The newly completed simulator is the culmination of efforts by multiple organ... More

Chief Master Sgt. Gary Murphy sets up a display representing

Chief Master Sgt. Gary Murphy sets up a display representing

Chief Master Sgt. Gary Murphy sets up a display representing fallen security forces airmen and policemen for flag folding ceremony immediately following a two-mile road march, honoring the 9/11 attacks tenth an... More

A U.S. civilian contractor, Jeff Sency, a forklift

A U.S. civilian contractor, Jeff Sency, a forklift

A U.S. civilian contractor, Jeff Sency, a forklift operator with Readiness Management Support, prestages a T-wall on Sather Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2011. The T-walls will be used to help protect the living qu... More

Staff Sgt. Grant Gimpel,fire fighter, 447 Expeditionary

Staff Sgt. Grant Gimpel,fire fighter, 447 Expeditionary

Staff Sgt. Grant Gimpel,fire fighter, 447 Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, Sather Air Base, Iraq rappels from the roof of the Baghdad International Airport air traffic control tower during a training even... More

Senior Airman Christian Paxson, right, a heavy weapons

Senior Airman Christian Paxson, right, a heavy weapons

Senior Airman Christian Paxson, right, a heavy weapons specialist with the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, gives a post brief to Chief Master Sgt. Jerome Staquet, the security forces manager for t... More

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