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BALAD, IRAQ

05.15.2006

Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson  

United States Air Forces Central     

Senior Airman Sorie Bangura, 332nd Expeditionary Operation Support Squadron, controls the air space over Iraq May 15, 2006. The transportable radio approach control (TRAPCON) at Balad Air Base controls over 200,000 square miles of air space over Iraq. The airfield is the busiest single runway airfield in the Department of Defense, and second busiest single runway airfield in the world. Senior Airman Bangura is an air traffic controller deployed here from Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

• Date Taken: 05.15.2006
• Date Posted: 05.17.2006 09:52
• Photo ID: 20668
• Resolution: 3916x2432
• Size: 6.7 MB
• Location: BALAD, IQ