Dirt Fields Feed War

Credit: TED CARLSON
To facilitate the push of ground forces into Iraq and satisfy their massive resupply needs, the U.S. Marine Corps has built an impromptu airfield near the border with Iraq as a temporary base for KC130 transports and a dozen or more attack and support helicopters. The airfield, near Iraq, has two 6...

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