National police officers assigned to the 3rd NP Brigade, 1st NP Division and Paratroopers assigned to K Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, load a CH-47 Chinook helicopter following the completion of an air assault clearance operation dubbed "Operation Winged Lion II," June 26, in the Ma'dain region, located outside of eastern Baghdad. More than 240 Iraqi and American personnel conducted the Iraqi-led operation in order to deny enemy movement into the city, collect intelligence and search for weapons caches in the region.