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In darkness, US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Crew CHIEF, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jeremy Pratt, waits to marshal out his bomber, the Spirit of Arizona, for a combat mission over Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Geoffrey Wray, Crewchief, Red Flight, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), checks the aircraft forms for his B-2 Spirit, the Spirit of America, after a combat mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber departs on a sortie over Iraqi territory in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Andrew Gebara (left), Mission Commander on the B-2 "Spirit" bomber, greeted by USAF Colonel (COL) Floyd Carpenter, Commander, 40th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), after returning from bombing run over Iraq on A-day of operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) crewmen with the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), prepare their B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber aircraft for a mission from a forward-deployed base, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, assigned to the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), moves into a position to take on air-to-air fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker, during an Iraqi bombing mission, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit bomber Crew CHIEF, AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Steven L. Jonas, marshals in his B-2 aircraft on the ramp at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV)

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Jason Grubaugh, with the 40th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), pilots a B-52 Stratofortress Bomber during a mission over Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit bomber, Spirit of Alaska, 509th Bomb Wing (BW), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB, Missouri (MO), sits, engines running, on the ramp at prior to a combat mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

In darkness, US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Crew CHIEF, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jeremy Pratt, marshals his bomber, the Spirit of Arizona, out for a combat mission over Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Whiteman Air Force Base

State: Missouri (MO)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Michael R. Nixon, 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.

The Northrop (later Northrop Grumman) B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy penetration strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses; it is a flying wing design with a crew of two.

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US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Steve McElwain, left and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason Capehart place the landing door edge covers on the landing gear doors of their B-2 Spirit bomber, "The Spirit of Pennsylvania," at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV). B-2 bombers often particapate in Red Flag exercises on the Nellis air ranges

Airmen from the 117th Air Refueling Wing conduct survival

Boom Operators point of view showing a US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit aircraft approaching the refueling boom of a Alaskan Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while conducting refueling operations during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 02. Northern Edge '02 is an annual joint training exercise held in Alaska designed to exercise joint operations techniques, procedures and enhance interoperability among the services

Airman 1st Class Thomas Koop, a Tactical Air Control

U.S. Naval Aviators assigned to the

A US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit stealth bomber taxis onto the flightline at Anderson Air Force Base (AFB), Guam (GU), in support of exercise Coronet Bugle 49. The B-2 is deployed to Anderson from Whiteman AFB, Missouri (MO)

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Donald Nesbitt (left), 325th Bomb Squadron B-2 Bomber Pilot, from Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), is interviewed by Mr. Jon Anderson (right), a radio host with News Talk Radio K57, Guam, while he is TDY to Andersen AFB, Guam (GU), participating in Exercise CORONET BUGLE 49, which is part of Air Combat Commands (ACC) ongoing Global Power mission

A B-1B Lancer from the 405th Air Expeditionary Wing rolls out for take off on a combat mission during Operation ENDURING 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 ...

US Navy (USN) Aviation Electronics Technician Second Class (AT2) Jeremy Snipes performs an operational check of instrumentation in a USN F/A-18C Hornet fighter aircraft, Fighter Attack Squadron 136 (VFA-136), Knighthawks, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), in the hangar bay aboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75). The Norfolk, VA based aircraft carrier is on a scheduled deployment

An in flight view of a US Air Force (USAF) B-2 Spirit Bomber, 509th Bomb Wing (BW), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), taken from the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) as it passes over the flight deck during Fleet Week 2002 Air and Sea festivities in Broward County

The Spirit of Oklahoma, a B-2 stealth bomber, is on display

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