[Kathy in Alaska]

Rescue hero

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- A pararescueman from the 301st Rescue Squadron checks in from a forward-deployed location in Iraq during an Operation Iraqi Freedom mission. During Iraqi Freedom the Air Force has flown more than 200 combat search and rescue sorties. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo) ">

It's a wash

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Staff Sgt. Michael Mariner washes down an F-15E Strike Eagle to reduce the dust and dirt on the aircraft. Mariner is a crew chief with the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing at a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Terry L. Blevins)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Tanks for the ride

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Ground crews load a 66 ton Abrams tank onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft here. The aircraft, from the 17th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., delivered the Army's main battle tank to an Operation Iraqi Freedom air base in northern Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keith Reed)

Gas 'n go

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- A special operations HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter and an HC-130 from the 301st Rescue Squadron conduct an aerial refueling April 6 over southern Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

[MoJo2001]

Where's the Goddess today? She must not be a Cubbies fan, huh? That's okay!! There's always the Marlins, huh? (I think the Goddess prefers Hockey to baseball)