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US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 86th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group, download cargo from a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft during extensive airfield night operations, in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 86th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group, and US Army (USA) Soldier from the 173rd Airborne Brigade board a USAF C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at a staging base in Europe, as they prepare for an airdrop into Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Dennis Washington, assigned to the 86th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group (ECRG), signals a forklift operator to approach and unload a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft at this forward-deployed airfield, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Hector Nieves, an Aircraft Maintainer for the 86th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group (ECRG), marshals the first C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft to land during daylight operations at this forward-deployed airfield, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 615th Air Mobility Operations Group (AMOG), offload cargo from a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft during an Engine-Running Offload (ERO), at a forward-deployed location near Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen offload from a C-17A Globemaster III from the 437th Airlift Wing (AW), at a forward deployed location, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Paratroopers from the 86th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group pose for a group photograph after securing an airfield for flight operation in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tony Forcier, Ramp Team CHIEF, 446th Airlift Wing (AW), directs operations during the loading of a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft while deployed at Baghdad International Airport during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) George Welch, an Air Freight SPECIALIST, directs a K-loader into position as cargo is offloaded from a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 86th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group, use a rough terrain forklift to download cargo from a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft during extensive airfield night operations, in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rich Puckett, 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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US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN (AMN) Stephen Blevins, Security Forces Journeyman, 86th Contingency Response Group (CRG), mans a 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) from a bunkered position near the perimeter at Bashur Airfield in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Soldiers from 3-187th Infantry Regiment train an Iraqi Police man during a firing training at Forward Operating Base Remagen, Tikrit on April 27, 2006. Alpha company, 3-187th Infantry Regiment is in charge of training the local Iraqi police in Forward Operating Base Remagen. The 101st Airborne Division is currently deployed in the Tikrit area and Northern Iraq on support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.(U.S. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) aviation ordnancemen direct a forklift carrying ammunition during an on load.

U.S. Army SGT. Kelly Black from 3-187th Infantry Regiment shoot an AK-47 and demonstrates the firing procedures to Iraqi Police men during a firing training at Forward Operating Base Remagen, Tikrit on April 27, 2006. Alpha company, 3-187th Infantry Regiment is in charge of training the local Iraqi police in Forward Operating Base Remagen. The 101st Airborne Division is currently deployed in the Tikrit area and Northern Iraq on support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.(U.S.. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

Navy Personnel using a rough terrain forklift down load the Marine's equipment which includes a pallet of ammunition from the C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The aircraft carried the first Marines (33) to Guantanamo Bay in support of the recent problems in Haiti

U.S. Army Soldiers from 3-320th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Division conduct a dismounted patrol in Osha City,Tikrit on April 23, 2006. The 101st Airborne Division is currently deployed in the Tikrit area and Northern Iraq on support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.(U.S.. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

A primary health clinic facility under construction, a project funded, managed, and quality controlled by the US Army (USA) Corps of Engineers (USACE) outside of Erbil, Northern Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Two Iraqi subcontractors cut rebar for the project

An RT4000 forklift is used to unload pallets of shells from an M872 trailer during LIFELINE Operations. The operations are being conducted by the 155th, 567th and 870th Transportation companies

Soldiers from the 4th Iraqi Army Division and the 101st Airborne Division get ready to perform a joint patrol in Tikrit, Iraq on April 18, 2006. The 101st Airborne Division is currently deployed in the Tikrit area and Northern Iraq on support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

Boom Operators point of view onboard a US Air Force (USAF) KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 900th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), showing a USAF E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft refueling during a mission flow over Northern Iraq, in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

Members of the United States Navy Ceremonial Guard remove the casket of a fallen member of USS COLE (DDG 67) from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, on October 14, 2000. The sailor was killed in an explosion resulting from a terrorist attack on the COLE in Yemen

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