ALI BASE, Iraq—Baher, 8, waits with his mom, Afaf, aboard an Iraqi C-130 Hercules flown by a joint Iraq-U.S. crew to begin the first leg of a journey to New Orleans where Baher will receive heart surgery. Ali Base is home to the 407th Air Expeditionary Group that trains more than 100 Iraqi airmen to maintain and fly the C-130. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davids)
