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Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Luker talks with three boys at a school.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Luker talks with three boys at a school during a dismounted patrol near Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Feb. 13, 2005. Luker is attached to Task Force 1041 which is comprised mostly of airmen from the 820th Security Forces Group and has been performing patrols, searches, and engaging anti-Iraqi forces. This is the first time Air Force Security Forces personnel have performed such missions since the Vietnam War.