
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- Staff Sgt. Viktor Hancock celebrates the completion of a convoy security mission that achieved the unit's 4-million mile mark. As a gunner he operates the roof-mounted 128-pound, 50-caliber M2 machine gun. When called upon he can unleash 450 to 550 rounds per minute at up to 6,764 meters away. Sergeant Hancock is assigned to the 732nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron and is deployed from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)
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