Airmen of the 407th Air Expeditionary Group prepare to board a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft on Ali Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 18. These Airmen are the last Airmen to fly out of Iraq. Thousands of Barksdale Airmen also deployed in support of operations there. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)
Senior Airman Nathan Wyckoff is greeted by Air Force leaders and community members as he enters the lobby at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 20. Wyckoff was one of the last Airmen to return from Iraq in support of the completed Operation New Dawn. Barksdale Air Force Base also had thousands of Airmen deploy in support of operations in Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie Davis)