Tue, 24 February 2004 Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade cheerfully walk away from a U.S. Air force C-17 aircraft that brought them back from nearly a year of combat duty in Iraq. The Soldiers recently arrived on Aviano Air Base in Italy. The brigade is based on Caserma Ederle, in the northern Italian city of Vicenza. Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense. This photo appeared on www.army.mil.