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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Shane Nordeen talks to a departing C-5 Galaxy at an operating base in Southwest Asia on Feb. 12, 1998. Members of the 815th Air Mobility Squadron are operating a Tanker Airlift Control Element, commonly called a TALCE, to control all military airlift traffic in and out of their deployed location in support of Operation Southern Watch which is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq. The 815th is deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif.

Senior Airman Nordeen talks to a departing C-5 Galaxy at an operating base in Southwest Asia.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Shane Nordeen talks to a departing C-5 Galaxy at an operating base in Southwest Asia on Feb. 12, 1998. Members of the 815th Air Mobility Squadron are operating a Tanker Airlift Control Element, commonly called a TALCE, to control all military airlift traffic in and out of their deployed location in support of Operation Southern Watch which is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq. The 815th is deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif.

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