Two Longbow Apaches, from the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, provide air support during an aerial traffic control point mission near Tal Afar, Iraq, July 2, 2006. The ground unit is from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Rodney Medley, Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, exits a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an aerial traffic control point mission near Tal Afar, Iraq, on July 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey

U.S. Army Capt. Derrick Draper exits a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an aerial traffic control point mission near Tal Afar, Iraq, on July 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey

U.S. Army Spc. Brad Clark provides perimeter security during a vehicle search near Tal Afar, Iraq, July 10, 2006. Clark is a combat medic with the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey

An Iraqi woman waits as her car is searched by soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team during an aerial traffic control point mission near Tal Afar, Iraq, July 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey

Members of Bravo Company, 4-23 Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, search a vehicle during an aerial traffic control point mission near Tal Afar, Iraq, on July 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey

Iraqi men wait as their car is searched by soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team during an aerial traffic control point mission near Tal Afar, Iraq, July 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey

U.S. Army soldiers from Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, walk on the flight line before an aerial traffic control point mission near Tal Afar, Iraq, on July 2, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey