A United States Congressional Delegation arrives onboard a US Air Force (USAF) C-130H Hercules, 118th Airlift Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard (TNANG), Nashville, Tennessee (TN), at Baghdad International Airport (IAP), Iraq. The delegation is touring various facilities and personnel deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Baghdad International Airport
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: ACC
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lisa M. Zunzanyika, 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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Date
09/11/2003
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The U.S. National Archives
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