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BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Matt Reay, a 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, halts Capt. James "Rider" McCroan, a 22nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron fighter pilot, after completing a combat mission here, Thanksgiving Day. Airman Reay and Captain McCroan are both deployed from Spangdahlem AB, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)