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U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. David Megill, boom operator, 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from a KC-10 Extender refueler aircraft, on Oct. 11, 2004, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Erik Gudmundson) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, from the 908th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron, prepare to conduct an aerial refueling mission over the skies of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom on Nov. 18, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Erik Gudmundson) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pilot conduct an aerial refueling mission over the skies of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom on Nov. 18, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Erik Gudmundson) (Released)

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft pilot from the Illinois Air National Guard pulls away from an aerial refueling tanker during an aerial refueling mission over Iraq, on Nov. 1, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Erik Gudmundson) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Mike Wheeler, U-2R Dragon Lady aircraft Pilot and mobile Officer, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (ERS), assists USAF CPT Stephen Rodriguez, as he deplanes from his U-2R, following a mission flow in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Michael Chenosky, a KC-10 Extender aircraft boom operator from the 908th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron, refuels an F-16 Fghting Falcon aircraft over the skies of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom on Nov. 18, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Erik Gudmundson) (Released)

A U.S. Army OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter from Delta Troop, 1-4 Cavalry, 1ST Infantry Division, takes off on Oct. 23, 2004, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Shane A. Cuomo) (RELEASED)

A U.S. Air Force U-2 Dragonlady reconnaissance aircraft sits drying in a hanger after being washed at an undisclosed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, on Oct. 8, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Erik Gudmundson) (RELEASED)

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Mike Wheeler, U-2R Dragon Lady aircraft Pilot and mobile Officer, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (ERS), assists USAF CPT Stephen Rodriguez, as he deplanes from his U-2R, following a mission flow in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A U.S. Air Force U-2 Dragonlady high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, makes a high speed takeoff, on Oct. 22, 2004 in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Erik Gudmundson) (RELEASED)

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Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM

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Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Erik Gudmundson

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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Secretary of the Air Force Sheila Widnall is suited up prior to her U-2 Dragonlady flight. STAFF SGT. Andrew McLean, an aerospace physiologist specialist, integrates the full pressure suit

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A US Air Force (USAF) U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft assigned to the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron, 363rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, takes off for a mission from an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Texas Air National Guard MAJ. Mike Ogle, pilot, 182nd Fighter Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio Texas, poses for a photograph next to a Polish MIG-29 Fulcrum fighter aircraft at Lask Polish Air Base, Poland, on Sept. 14, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Justin D. Pyle) (RELEASED)

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U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 119th Fighter Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard, flying over the International Peace Gardens on the border of North Dakota and Canada, taken Sep. 14, 1996. (A3604) (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by TECH. SGT. David H. Lipp, 119th Communications Flight) (Released)

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