Operation Iron Fury ~ A Defend America Photo Essay / Iron Horse Brigade Pushes Out Insurgents
Defend America | August 23, 2004 | Sgt. Dan Purcell and Pfc. Erik Ledrew
A brotherhood of firefighters lives in Baghdad
USASOC News Service | August 20, 2004 | Sgt. 1st Class Clarence Kugler - 478th Civil Affairs Battalion
Marines and Iraqi Special Forces team up for a showdown
Marine Link | August 23, 2004 | Cpl. Veronika R. Tuskowski
Three Surface Ships Deploy from Mayport - USS The Sullivans, USS Hue City, USS Underwood
Navy News Stand | August 23, 2004 | Naval Station Mayport Public Affairs
Rifle Shooter Wins U.S. Military's First 2004 Olympic Medal
DoD-AFPS | August 23, 2004 | Tim Hipps
President Hosts Defense Strategy Meeting
DoD-AFPS | August 23, 2004 | Donna Miles
Afghan Election Security, Reconstruction Efforts Continue
DoD-AFPS | August 23, 2004
Soldier a stranger no more - Kreutz Creek Presbyterian Church honored a friend it had never met.
Daily Record | August 23, 2004 | Karen Muller
Sunday posts:
IRAQI, U.S. ENGINEERS CONTINUE TO BRING MORE ELECTRICITY ONLINE
CENTCOM | August 22, 2004
1st Cavalry Division soldiers leave no comrade behind
kcentv.com - NBC 6 | August 18, 2004 | Spc. Jan Critchfield
C-130 marks 50 years of service
Air Force Link | August 23, 2004 | Betty R. Kennedy - Air Mobility Command History Office
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 OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM -- A C-130 Hercules, assigned to the 320th Air Expeditionary Wing at a forward-deployed location, awaits its next mission on the flightline. The aircraft was used to perform a heavy equipment airdrop into south central Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cherie Thurlby) Download Full Image
-- the legendary C-130 Hercules...reached a 50-year milestone since its first flight Aug. 23, 1954, from Burbank to Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Gen. John W. Handy, commander of U.S. Transportation Command and Air Mobility Command,
“As a career mobility pilot, I am convinced that the C-130 is one of the greatest aircraft ever built...The ‘Herc’ has earned its place in history through its enormous contributions to crisis response for 50 years." - Story
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