Posted: 10/01/2011
Maj. Gen. Russ Handy braves a sandstorm at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2011. As the commander of the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Iraq and director of Air Component Coordination Element- Iraq, the general is the senior U.S. Air Force representative in Iraq and represents the combined force's air component commander to the commanding general of U.S. Forces-Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)