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U.S. Air Force Col. David Mansfield, 407th Air Expeditionary Group commander, fires an illumination round from a U.S. Army M-109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzer on Ali Base, Iraq, in support of Iraqi police patrolling Nasiriyah, Iraq, June 20, 2008.

PALADIN ILLUMINATION

U.S. Air Force Col. David Mansfield, 407th Air Expeditionary Group commander, fires an illumination round from a U.S. Army M-109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzer on Ali Base, Iraq, in support of Iraqi police patrolling Nasiriyah, Iraq, June 20, 2008.

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