A B-52 Stratofortress receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Indian Ocean on March 24, 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The KC-135 crew is from the 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell AFB, Kan., and are assigned to the 405th Air Expeditionary Wing, forward deployed location, Southwest Asia in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and to end the regime of Saddam Hussein.