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STAFF Sergeant Frank Otero, USAF, 86th Contingency Response Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, uses a Case MW20BFL forklift to load cargo onboard a C-17 Globemaster III for return to the United States after participating in Operation FOCUS RELIEF, in Accra, Ghana. Operation FOCUS RELIEF, a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone, to equip and train seven battalions from West African countries to be able to conduct peace enforcement operations

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A Four-Ship formation of F-16 Fighting Falcons fly

An F-16 Fighting Falcon, 182nd Fighter Squadron, taxi's

Members of the 125th Security Forces Squadron stand by their M1035 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as they guard a row of F-15 Eagles, 125th Fighter Wing, Florida ANG, Jacksonville, on runway 13 of Jacksonville International Airport

An air-to-air left side view of three 27th Tactical Air Support Squadron OV-10A Bronco aircraft flying in step formation over the northern coast of Honduras. The 27th TASS is deployed to Palmerola Air Base, Honduras, for a two-week joint training exercis

Marines from the 2nd Light Armored Vehicle Battalion, 2nd Division, drive LAV25 light armored vehicles into a C-5A Galaxy aircraft for a flight to Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the

The 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, 173rd Airborne Brigade,

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A US Air Force (USAF) C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft prepares for take off in the dust-tinted sunset of Balad Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Two C-5B Galaxy aircraft from the 436th Military Airlift Wing depart on a personnel and equipment airdrop mission. The U.S. Air Force Airlift Center is conducting tests to certify the airdrop, formation-flying and low-level flight capabilities of Galaxy aircraft. Earlier tests were suspended in 1973 when wing-strength problems were discovered in Galaxy aircraft

Two C-5B Galaxy aircraft from the 436th Military Airlift Wing roll down a taxiway prior to departing on a personnel and equipment airdrop mission. The U.S. Air Force Airlift Center is conducting tests to certify the airdrop, formation-flying and low-level flight capabilities of Galaxy aircraft. Earlier tests were suspended in 1973 when wing-strength problems were discovered in Galaxy aircraft

A US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) C-5A Galaxy, aircraft from the 439th Airlift Wing (AW), is unloaded at the airport in Manas, Kyrgyzstan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, as part of the US expanding humanitarian aid operation for the people of Afghanistan. A second C-5A Galaxy aircraft has just landed in the background

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

A 436th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft en route to Fort Bragg, N.C., is followed by a T-28B Trojan aircraft assigned to the Army's Airborne Special Operations Test Board. The U.S. Air Force Airlift Center is conducting tests to certify the airdrop, formation-flying and low-level flight capabilities of Galaxy aircraft. Earlier tests were suspended in 1973 when wing-strength problems were discovered in Galaxy aircraft

A US Air Force (USAF) C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft is unloaded at Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Cargo from a C-5A Galaxy aircraft from the 3rd Airlift Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware is downloaded by deployed United States Air Force personnel at Azaraq Air Base, Jordan as Royal Jordanian Air Force personnel look on. The supplies will be used by US troops participating in the upcoming joint United States Air Force/Royal Jordanian Air Force's military Air Power Expeditionary Force Operation. An ancillary mission of the Force is to assist US Air Force and other multinational forces operating in Saudi Arabia and other nearby countries patrol the no-fly zone over southern Iraq

U.S. Air Force Airmen unload cargo from a C-5 Galaxy

A US Air Force (USAF) C-5B Galaxy being unloaded on the ramp at Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq. The flightline was opened to the heavy C-5 aircraft just two weeks ago giving the air base the ability to use the 270,000 pound cargo-carrying capacity of the Galaxy, reducing the dependence, and danger to, ground vehicle convoys for supplies during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Balad Air Base

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, 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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An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, releases a GBU-31 2,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) over the Eglin AFB, Land Range during a test mission

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Charles Gillaspie, 55th Maintenance Squadron (MXS), Munitions Flight, punches out a military specifications label for live ammunition during a pallet build up in preparation for the 2004 Offutt Air Force Base (AFB) Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE). Over the next two weeks, the 55th Wing is conducting an ORE in preparation for an upcoming Air Combat Command (ACC) inspection in March

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. One of the few lathes bought by a small Eastern manufacturing firm. Unable to purchase much new machinery, the owner of the company installed and remodelled old equipment to produce war essentials under subcontract. First orders were delivered thirty days after contract, an amoazingly short time considering that conversion of machines took two weeks of it. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Twenty four one quarter pound canisters of TNT set and ready for detonation by Marine Scouts from Alfa, Bravo, Charlie and Delta Companies, on the OP-3 range, during the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Re-qualification (LAR-REQUALEX) '98

Air-to-air, side view of a 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-10A Extender from March AFB, California preparing to refuel an in trail 60th Airlift Wing's C-5B Galaxy over the High Sierra mountains in northern California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Passing rain clouds, during sunrise, frame a C-5B Galaxy that is parked on one of Malmstrom Air Force Base's taxiways. The C-5 was used to transport personnel and equipment for the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI), which tests a unit's ability to operate in a simulated wartime environment

U.S. and Iraqi officials pose for pictures for media after the Transfer of Authority of Fowarding Operation Base Danger, Tikrit, Iraq. The former FOB will become the Ministry of Finance. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

MASTER Sergeant Steven Filips (left), from Third Air Force, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, and Technical Sergeant Robert Haggerty, from 1ST Combat Communications Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, provide communication support for MEDFLAG 01-2. MEDFLAG 01-2 is a Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe led real-world exercise designed to test the ability of its personnel to form and deploy the core of a humanitarian relief operation joint task force. They are deploying for two weeks to Nampula, Mozambique to provide training to Mozambique forces in mass casualty disaster response, life support procedures, self-aid and buddy care, and moulage application or injury ...

Aerial view of B-52 Stratofortress bombers at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center, commonly known as the "Boneyard". Hundreds of B-52s were destroyed as part of the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and sold for scrap at 12 cents a pound. Exact Date Shot Unknown Published in AIRMAN Magazine May 1977

Vehicles from the last convoy to exit Iraq come through

Members of the A-10 recovery team take a short break during their search for the four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs that were carried by the A-10 that crashed on Gold Dust Peak

Bulk fuel and water purification Marines from 6th Engineer

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