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At Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq, a US Air Force (USAF) RQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) taxis to a runway on a mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) dedicated Crew CHIEF from the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (ERS), Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq, completes post flight inspections on a RQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) after a mission flown in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) personnel with the 407th Expeditionary Operations Pararescue Squadron (PS) prepare for a night training mission at Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft prepares for a transport mission at Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An unidentified Coalition Forces aircraft swoops through the evening skies over Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) MQ-1 Predator armed with an AGM-114 Hellfire missile and assigned to the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (ERS), taxis out to the runway at Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft prepares to fly a mission from Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle fighters stand ready at this forward-deployed base on a night mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft prepares for a transport mission at Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) prepares for a nighttime surveillance mission from Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), over the skies of Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Balad Air Base

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Chyrece E. Lewis, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.

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11/02/2004
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