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End of military operations in Iraq (6 images)

The last remaining U.S. airmen left Iraq per the Iraq and U.S. 2008 Security Agreement that required all U.S. service members to be out of the country by Dec. 31, 2011. Since 2003, more than 1 million airmen, soldiers, sailors and Marines have served in Iraq.



In This December 18, 2011 DOD Airmen of the 407th Air Expeditionary Group prepare to take-off on a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft at Ali Air Base, Iraq. These airmen are the last service members to fly out of Iraq. The last remaining U.S. airmen left Iraq per the Iraq and U.S. 2008 Security Agreement that required all U.S. service members to be out of the country by Dec. 31, 2011. Since 2003, more than 1 million airmen, soldiers, sailors and Marines have served in Iraq. UPI/DOD
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In This December 15, 2011 DOD images the colors are retired during a ceremony marking the end of the U.S. mission in Iraq in Baghdad. UPI/Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo/DOD
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In This December 9, 2011 DOD image A U.S. Army soldier with the 82nd Airborne Division surveys the area from the dropdown stairs of his mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle while crossing the Khabari border from Iraq into Kuwait on Dec. 9, 2011. UPI/Lynette Hoke/DOD
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This December 18, 2011 DOD image shows the last U.S. convoy from Iraq as is crosses the border between Kuwait and Iraq following the final convoy of Operation New Dawn passing through. The last convoy that crossed the border signaled the end of the transition of troops and equipment from Iraq as Operation New Dawn came to a close. UPI/Jordan Johnson/DOD
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