Photo by Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo | U.S. Air Forces Central, Baghdad Media Outreach Team | 12.18.2011
Staff Sgt. Michael Braach, 407th Air Expeditionary Group fire fighter, prepares to turn in his weapon at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Dec. 18, 2011. Braach and his fellow airmen are the last service members to fly out of Iraq. Braach is stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. and is from Philipsburg, Mont. The last remaining U.S. airmen left Iraq per the Iraq and U.S. 2008......
Photo by Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo | U.S. Air Forces Central, Baghdad Media Outreach Team | 12.18.2011
Staff Sgt. Michael Braach (left), Airman 1st Class Irving Adams (middle) and Senior Airman Wally Carney, 407th Air Expeditionary Group firefighters, clown around before take-off on a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft on Ali Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2011. The last remaining U.S. airmen left Iraq per the Iraq and U.S. 2008 Security Agreement that required all U.S. service members to be out of......
Photo by Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo | U.S. Air Forces Central, Baghdad Media Outreach Team | 12.18.2011
Airmen of the 407th Air Expeditionary Group prepare to take-off on a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft at Ali Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2011. These airmen are the last service members to fly out of Iraq. The last remaining U.S. airmen left Iraq per the Iraq and U.S. 2008 Security Agreement that required all U.S. service members to be out of the country by Dec. 31, 2011. Since 2003, more......
Photo by Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo | U.S. Air Forces Central, Baghdad Media Outreach Team | 12.18.2011
Airmen of the 407th Air Expeditionary Group prepare to board a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft at Ali Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2011. The last remaining U.S. airmen left Iraq per the Iraq and U.S. 2008 Security Agreement that required all U.S. service members to be out of the country by Dec. 31, 2011. Since 2003, more than 1 million airmen, soldiers, sailors and Marines have served in Iraq....
Photo by Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo | U.S. Air Forces Central, Baghdad Media Outreach Team | 12.18.2011
Airman 1st Class Simeon Tidwell, 407th Air Expeditionary Group, walks across the flight line to board a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft on Ali Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2011. He is one of the last airmen to fly out of Iraq. Tidewll is stationed in Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and is from Arlington, Texas. The last remaining U.S. airmen left Iraq per the Iraq and U.S. 2008 Security......
Photo by Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo | U.S. Air Forces Central, Baghdad Media Outreach Team | 12.18.2011
Col. Ted Mathews, commander, 407th Air Expeditionary Group, shakes the hand of all his airmen under his command before they board a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft on Ali Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2011. Mathew's airmen were the last airmen to fly out of Iraq. The last remaining U.S. airmen left Iraq per the Iraq and U.S. 2008 Security Agreement that required all U.S. service members to be......
Photo by Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo | U.S. Air Forces Central, Baghdad Media Outreach Team | 12.18.2011
Col. Ted Mathews, commander, 407th Air Expeditionary Group, receives the green light to load his airmen onto a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft, which will transport his airmen, the last airmen to leave Iraq, out of Ali Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2011. The last remaining U.S. airmen left Iraq per the Iraq and U.S. 2008 Security Agreement that required all U.S. service members to be out of the......
Photo by Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo | U.S. Air Forces Central, Baghdad Media Outreach Team | 12.18.2011
Maj. Gen. Russ Handy, commander, 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Iraq, talks with his wing and group commanders before boarding the final flight of airmen from Ali Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2011. The last remaining U.S. airmen left Iraq per the Iraq and U.S. 2008 Security Agreement that required all U.S. service members to be out of the country by Dec. 31, 2011. Since 2003, more than......
