A U.S. Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter launches flares as it flies over the desert near Al Taqqadum, Iraq, on Feb. 24, 2008. The Sea Knight is attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 and is deployed with Multi National Force - West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. DoD photo by Cpl. Jason W. Fudge, U.S. Marine Corps.
