U.S. Air Force Capt. Erica Stooksbury, a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft pilot with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, talks with her co-pilot, 1st Lt. Mark Benischek, during a humanitarian airdrop mission over Iraq Aug. 9, 2014.
President Barack Obama authorized humanitarian aid deliveries to Iraq as well as targeted airstrikes to protect U.S. personnel from extremists known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. U.S. Central Command directed the operations. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr., U.S. Air Force/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr