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US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Cameron Hess and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) David Eiler, left, with the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron (ECES), Airfield Lighting Electricians, maintain runway lights for all of Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Cameron Hess and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) David Eiler, left, with the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron (ECES), Airfield Lighting Electricians, maintain runway lights for all of Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Elizabeth Cordell, left and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Richard Robbins, from the 447th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron (EACS), maintain antennas on Camp Griffin at Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Lawrence Genova, right and A1C Joshua Serna, with the 447th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron (EACS), Electrical Power Production, refuel a generator on Camp Griffin at Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jacob Weidinger (left) and USAF STAFF Sergeant John Hupp, Meteorological Navigation Systems Technicians, 447th Expeditionary Communications Squadron (ECS), stand before the Very High Frequency Omnirange (VOR) antenna they maintain at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Batres, left and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Michael Davis, with the 447th Expeditionary Logistical Readiness Squadron (ELRS), both Special Purpose Vehicle Mechanics, carefully weld steel plates for a 5-ton truck as armor protection, at the Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Kenneth Hatfield, right, and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Justin Barrowcliff, 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron (ECES), guide the driver to fill in the new perimeter barriers at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Erich Kunrath, a pilot with the 37th Bomb Squadron (BS) and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Thomas Johnston, a 34th BS Crew CHIEF, from Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), South Dakota (SD), load bags into an out bound B-1B Lancer bomber, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Scott McCormrick, USAF, (left), and STAFF Sergeant Joseph Clark, USAF, 437th Maintenance Squadron, and A1C Frank Shoaf, USAF, 437th Aircraft Generation Squadron, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, consult the TO (Technical Order) before working on an aircraft, during their deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, from Naval Air Station, Sigonella, Sicily

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) David Eiler, left and Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Cameron Hess, with the 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron (ECES), Airfield Lighting Electricians, maintain runway lights for all of Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Baghdad International Airport

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Verlin Levi Collins, 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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label_outline Explore Runway Lights, Eiler, Ssgt Verlin Levi Collins

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Vincent Scott and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Vamal Taylor, weapons loaders from the 522nd Fighter Squadron (FS), Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico, load a Mark 82, 500-pound bomb onto an F-16 Falcon fighter at Eielson AFB, Alaska, in support of exercise Northern Edge 2002

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Lewis Noriega, USAF, 437th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), Charleston AFB, South Carolina, services the liquid oxygen (LOX) system on a C-17A Globemaster III, on the flightline at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Diarra Morris, from the 2nd Range Operations Squadron (ROS), sets up a computer in the Personnel Support for Contingency Operations (PERSCO) tent during Exercise Northstar 05-04 at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Ronald Montoya, a civil engineer from the 321st Expeditionary Support Squadron (ESS), Civil Engineer Flight, connects a knuckle bracket between arch sections of a general purpose shelter, for a Base Exchange facility at a forward-deployed location (FDL) in the Arabian Gulf region

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MJ-1B Munitions Loader "Jammer" driven by US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Barbosa, Munitions Maintenance Crew, as he loads munitions for a mission against Iraqi targets during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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US Air Force (USAF) 447th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron (ECES) disassembles the 447th Expeditionary Services Squadron (ESS) clamshell tent recreation center at Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tim Dodge (front) and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Josh Hestehave, HC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft ground crew, prepare to pull away the Auxiliary Ground Power Unit (AGPU) power line from their aircraft

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Suzanne Jenkins, Aerial Photographer, 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CCS), takes photographs over Iraq from a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Tommy Miller, USAF, member of the First Term AIRMAN Center (FTAC), 48th Fighter Wing (FW), RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, performs one of the duties of the Base Appearance Team (BAT). Base appearance is one of the responsibilities of First Team AIRMAN. FTAC is a two-week program that provides commanders and supervisors with mission-ready airmen by completing base in processing, and familiarizing them with base support functions and services

As an exercise, US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters of the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (ECES) lift the pilot out of a US Army (USA) H-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ). The firefighters are participating in an exercise to familiarize themselves with emergency procedures for the Black Hawk helicopter during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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air force usaf airman airman first class david eiler david eiler technical sergeant technical sergeant tsgt cameron hess cameron hess expeditionary civil engineer expeditionary civil engineer squadron eces airfield electricians runway lights runway lights baghdad international airport baghdad international airport bia iraq operation iraqi freedom military operations staff sergeant first class us air force high resolution iraqi freedom ssgt verlin levi collins us national archives