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Have to come back. >> reporter: september 1st means more work for some american flight crews. especially those flying blackhawks. >> were answer the only support aircraft here since we had chinooks that were here and they just recently left, so its picked up for us. >> reporter: the first full day of new dawn is especially poignant for soldiers who were here through years of fighting operation iraqi freedom. >> i have been here, you know, four tours, and the change i have seen is remarkable. >> ...

For us. >> reporter: the first full day of new dawn is poignant for soldiers who were here for years of operation iraqi freedom. >> i have been here four tours, and the change ive seen is remarkable. >> reporter: he was part of the invasion of iraq in 1003, and then deployed twice during the most brutal fighting. >> it was really really crazy for a couple of years there but now i look back on that, and its a breath taking difference. >> it is a significant thing for a soldier to see iraqis that ...