Aerial port Airmen position a conveyer belt up to a chartered airplane, Aug. 18, 2010, at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The soldiers of the 4/2 Stryker Brigade are about to start the final travel back to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Aug. 18, 2010, at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The plane is picking up the soldiers, who are redeploying during the U.S. forces responsible drawdown of forces to 50,000 troops by the end of August when Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, and Operation New Dawn begins.