Air Force Assists Operation Smile in Returning Iraqi Patients to Home Country [Image 3 of 5]

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05.02.2006

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Airman 1st Class Alexis Elliott, a C-17 loadmaster, helps Dr. Talib, a plastic surgery resident, give the preflight safety briefing in Arabic for Iraqi children and parents being helped by Operation Smile. 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: 9163676
• VIRIN: 060502-D-D0439-9532
• Resolution: 2106x2964
• Size: 983.04 KB
• Location: (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)