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Senior Airman Johnathan Hobbs pulls a Desert Hawk surveillance plane back in preparation for launch.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Johnathan Hobbs pulls a Desert Hawk surveillance plane back in preparation for launch from Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, on Aug. 23, 2005. The Desert Hawk flies over 30 missions each month recording still and video images for intelligence purposes. Hobbs is deployed to Kirkuk from Moody Air Force Base, Ga.