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An F-16 Fighting Falcon waits in front of a hardened aircraft shelter on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2008. The F-16 is deployed to the 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron from the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing to assist in executing the Air Tasking Order in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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An F-16 Fighting Falcon waits in front of a hardened aircraft shelter on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2008. The F-16 is deployed to the 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron from the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing to assist in executing the Air Tasking Order in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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