Family members of Kentucky Air National Guard (KYANG) 123rd Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), 123rd Air Wing (AW), personnel hold Welcome Home signs while waiting near the flight line at Louisville International Airport (IAP), Louisville, Kentucky (KY). The 123rd CES has just returned home after serving 120 days at Baghdad IAP, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Louisville Iap
State: Kentucky (KY)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Dennis Flora, 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
11/03/2004
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