C-40B - C-40B lifts off

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM—A C-40B carrying General Tommy Franks, Commander, United States Central Command, takes off from a forward-deployed air base in the Middle East on April 16. General Franks is transported throughout the theatre of operations by the 1st Expeditionary Airlift Squadron out of Andrews Air Force Base, Md, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Derrick C. Goode)