Photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany Trojca | 332d Air Expeditionary Wing | 06.10.2009
The first MC-12 Liberty aircraft in-theater taxies out of an aircraft hanger on June 10 for its first combat sortie in Iraq. The aircraft is the Air Force's new manned intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform, designed to directly support ground forces. The aircraft arrived in-theater on June 8....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany Trojca | 332d Air Expeditionary Wing | 06.10.2009
Lt. Col. Phillip Stewart, 362nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron commander, conducts a pre-flight inspection of an MC-12 Liberty aircraft at Joint Base Balad, June 10, prior to the aircraft's first combat sortie. A native of Silver Spring, Md., Stewart is deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va....