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Mediterranean Area of Operation (Apr. 6, 2003) — U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolts taxi for takeoff from a stop-over point while transiting to a forward deployed location in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley. (RELEASED)