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U.S. Air Force F-16s and Airmen from the 309th Fighter

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U.S. Air Force Capt. Seth Murray, F-16 pilot assigned

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle from the 173rd Fighter

F-16 Landing at Holloman AFB, NM

U.S. Air Force Maj. Paul "Loco" Lopez, Air Combat Command

An F-22 Raptor from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia

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A US Air Force (USAF) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), 12th Expeditionary Airborne Command Control Squadron (EACCS), in flight over Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The E-8C is a long-range, air-to-ground surveillance system designed to locate, classify and track ground targets in all weather conditions

A US Air Force (USAF) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), 12th Expeditionary Airborne Command Control Squadron (EACCS), in flight over Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The E-8C is a long-range, air-to-ground surveillance system designed to locate, classify and track ground targets in all weather conditions

A US Air Force (USAF) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), 12th Expeditionary Airborne Command Control Squadron (EACCS), hooks up with a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), to receive fuel over Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The E-8C is a long-range, air-to-ground surveillance system designed to locate, classify and track ground targets in all weather conditions

A US Air Force (USAF) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), 12th Expeditionary Airborne Command Control Squadron (EACCS), lines up to hookup with a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), to receive fuel over Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The E-8C is a long-range, air-to-ground surveillance system designed to locate, classify and track ground targets in all weather conditions

A US Air Force (USAF) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), 12th Expeditionary Airborne Command Control Squadron (EACCS), hooks up with a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), to receive fuel over Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The E-8C is a long-range, air-to-ground surveillance system designed to locate, classify and track ground targets in all weather conditions

A US Air Force (USAF) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), 12th Expeditionary Airborne Command Control Squadron (EACCS), lines up to hookup with a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), to receive fuel over Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The E-8C is a long-range, air-to-ground surveillance system designed to locate, classify and track ground targets in all weather conditions

A US Air Force (USAF) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft assigned to the 128th Expeditionary Air Command and Control Squadron (EACCS) takes off for a combat sortie over Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft assigned to the 128th Expeditionary Air Command and Control Squadron (EACCS) flies a combat sortie over Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft assigned to the 128th Expeditionary Air Command and Control Squadron (EACCS) flies a combat sortie over Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), 12th Expeditionary Airborne Command Control Squadron (EACCS), in flight over Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The E-8C is a long-range, air-to-ground surveillance system designed to locate, classify and track ground targets in all weather conditions

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Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF

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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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A detailed view of the weapons load of an F-16C Falcon from the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spandahlem AB Germany as it takes on fuel from a 100th Air Expeditionary Wing KC-135R Stratotanker (not shown) from RAF Mildenhall United Kingdom on 31 Mar 99. While patroling the skies over Kosovo during Operation Allied Force, it is armed with AIM-120C missiles on the two outboard stations for self protection and Highspeed Anti Radiation Missiles on the inboard station to suppress anti-aircraft radar sites

Members of the Italian military parachute into a landing

A NATO E-3A Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft from NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, West Germany, prepares to refuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft during a training mission. The plane is one of eighteen such aircraft providing surveillance for member nations as directed by NATO's Airborne Early Warning Force commander

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jessica Horton, a communication

Wearing Mission-Oriented Protective Postures 4 (MOPP-4) gear, US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 51st Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS), standby and respond to injured personnel who may need medical attention, during a mass casualty exercise at Osan Air Base (AB), Republic of Korea

A US Navy (USN) Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41, Black Aces) aircrew member (left) signals to the USN VFA-41 F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-mission fighter/attack aircraft pilot prior to his taking off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for a training mission during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other

US Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Tara "Judy" Golden monitors a surveillance system inside an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One two Six (VAW-126) while patrolling the skies of the Persian Gulf on the last day of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. The Seahawks are embarked on board USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75)

U.S. Air Force CHIEF MASTER SGT. Jeff Hulme, a competition judge from Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, writes down his notes while checking an F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 123rd Fighter Squadron, Oregon Air National Guard, during exercise William Tell at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2004. This is the 50th Anniversary of the William Tell competition, an exercise that tests an aircrew's ability to perform under combat conditions. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Dennis J. Henry Jr.) (Released)

Air National Guard (ANG) Senior Airman Jason Sabaka,

STAFF SGT. Raymond Holland, 33rd Equipment Maintenance Squadron, chocks a 60th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagle aircraft at the end of a runway. He is participating in Exercise Cornet Phaser, a NATO rapid deployment exercise conducted under simulated wartime conditions

US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Larry Lee (left), 173rd Airborne Brigade (AB), and US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Jack Nickel, 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CS), unpack soccer balls at an orphanage in Kirkuk, Iraq. Soldiers and AIRMAN from Kirkuk Air Base (AB) brought gifts of candy and soccer balls for the seventeen children at the center run by the Iraqi Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Image taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Air Force weapons loader from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing delivers a BLU-109 2,000-pound bomb, with a JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) attachment, for loading into a B-1 Lancer bomber during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The B-1 can hold 24- 2,000-pound bombs in its three bomb bays. Air Force B-2 Spirit, B-1 Lancer, and B-52 Stratofortress, bombers expended more than 80 percent of the tonnage dropped on combat missions over Afghanistan to date. The Air Force flew more than 600 sorties including strike missions against al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Afghanistan. These targets include early-warning radar systems, ground forces, Command-and-Control facilities, al Qaeda ...

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