Airman Greets Young Iraqi Patient Returning Home After Operation Smile Surgery [Image 2 of 5]

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05.02.2006

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Airman 1st Class Alexis Elliott, a C-17 loadmaster, greets Operation Smile passengers as one young Iraqi patient is awed by the cavernous cabin of the cargo aircraft. Operation Smile is a nongovernmental organization that treats children for cleft palate and cleft lip, a congenital birth defect. The Air Force assisted Operation Smile April 29 in returning patients and their families to Iraq from Jordan, where the patients had received surgery. Photo by Maj. Robert Palmer, USAF

• Date Taken: 05.02.2006
• Date Posted: 07.04.2025 04:59
• Photo ID: 9163675
• VIRIN: 060502-D-D0439-6855
• Resolution: 1787x2698
• Size: 524.43 KB
• Location: (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)