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Friday, May 25, 2012, 2:10 a.m.

LRAFB C-130 pilots shift focus from Iraq to Afghanistran

By Amy Schlesing

The sky over Iraq on Tuesday morning was quiet and empty, a sharp contrast to the past nine years when flying through this airspace required body armor and coordination with busy American-controlled airstrips. The change abruptly came 11 days ago when Iraq regained sovereign control of its airspace for the first time since the war began on March 19, 2003.

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  • Headline: LRAFB C-130 pilots shift focus from Iraq to Afghanistran
  • Publication: Front Section, Pages 1 on 01/11/2012
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