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Maj. Gen. Kamal Barzanjy, Iraq air force chief of staff, hugs U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Mawson, Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq's Coalition Air Force Transition Team senior base support unit adviser, at the formal stand-up ceremony for the new Al Muthana Air Base in Iraq March 7. Photo by Master Sgt. Will Ackerman, USAF

Maj. Gen. Kamal Barzanjy, Iraq air force chief of staff, hugs U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Mawson, Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq's Coalition Air Force Transition Team senior base support unit adviser, at the formal stand-up ceremony for the new Al Muthana Air Base in Iraq March 7. Photo by Master Sgt. Will Ackerman, USAF

Maj. Gen. Kamal Barzanjy, Iraq air force chief of staff, hugs U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Mawson, Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq's Coalition Air Force Transition Team senior base support unit adviser, at the formal stand-up ceremony for the new Al Muthana Air Base in Iraq March 7. Photo by Master Sgt. Will Ackerman, USAF

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