Paratroopers assigned to K Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, check their surrounding as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off behind them during "Operation Winged Lion II," an Iraqi-led air assault clearance mission, June 26, in the Ma'dain region, located outside of eastern Baghdad. The operation was to deny enemy movement into the city and seize potential weapons caches in the region.