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Members of the 165th Airlift Wing took a break during flight operations while in Iraq in November. The crew and their C-130 were in Baghdad supporting U.S. Central Command. A short time later the crew headed back into the Iraqi skies and another combat mission. From left, Maj Chris Gray, pilot; Senior Airman Brian Beck, loadmaster; Lt. Col. Jim Leith, navigator; Lt. Col. Jim Grandy, pilot; Master Sgt. Francisco Ramirez (holding the M4 rifle), flight engineer; and Master Sgt. Cecil Lewis, loadmaster.