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US Army (USA) Soldiers move out to board a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft at Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) is marshaled in to a parking spot after landing at Balad Air Base, Iraq, while supporting both Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) personnel from a Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ)'s F-16 Fighter Squadron (FS) work to secure the aircraft and pilots shortly after their landing in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft from McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA) parks after landing at Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division (AD) prepare to jump out of a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft near Al Asad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (EAES) scramble to load supplies on a USAF C-130 Hercules at Al Udeid Air Base (AB), prior to a mission supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft and personnel with the 317th Airlift Group (AG) land at Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas (TX), after a long deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft and personnel with the 317th Airlift Group (AG) taxi-in at Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas (TX), after a long deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft personnel with the 317th Airlift Group (AG) at Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas (TX), return after a long deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) personnel from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) Honor Guard march from the flightline, near a C-130 Hercules aircraft, after the tranfer of the 332nd AEW from Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), to Balad Air Base (AB), IRQ, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Balad Air Base

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ce Lewis, 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 Army (USA) Corps of Engineers (USACE) Civilian, Billy Sellin (left, center in uniform), Resident Engineer, Balad Air Base (AB) Resident Office, Gulf Region North (GRN), speaks with several civilian subcontractors about the construction progress of the new medical supply warehouse at the Logistical Support Area (LSA) Balad, Balad Air Base (AB), Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. Army Guardsmen from the Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG) Headquarters and Services Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, salute during the playing of the national anthem during a combat patch initiation ceremony at Logistic Support Area (LSA) Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Oct. 6, 2006. (A3606) (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Huey Kehl) (Released)

A loadmaster from the 136th Airlift Wing (AW), Fort Worth, Texas, marshalls a grader on to a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Gulfport Guard Combat Training Center, Mississippi. Members of the 136th AW are deployed to Gulfport, Mississippi, participating in exercise IGX-5. IGX-5 is an ORI (Operational Readiness Exercise) simulating the deployment of an Air Expeditionary Force to a forward operating location. The exercise, which lasts just under a week, is designed to evaluate the readiness of US Air Force personnel

A US Air Force (USAF) A-10 Thunderbolt II, 442nd Fighter Wing (FW), Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), pilot taxis into position for a hot refuel of his aircraft

Left to right, are US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) Abe Caceres, SPC Steven Stocking and Sergeant (SGT) Michael Grabski, all with the 2/503rd Battalion, patrol an area litered with abandoned munitions in a local village near Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Ray Ashey, Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC), Finance Office, 407th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq, charges his 9 mm M9 Pistol prior to departing his office to pay local national personnel during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. Army Capt. Brian Jackson from Greenville, S.C.,

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) John Cinco (left) assigned to the 332nd Combat Support Hospital examines an Iraqi baby during a Medical Capabilities Mission (MEDCAP), at Logistics Support Area (LSA) Anaconda, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Paratroopers jump from C-130 Hercules aircraft during the multinational, joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR'87

US Navy (USN) Command MASTER CHIEF (CNOCM) of US Navy Forces Iraq, Pat Flavin (center) poses in a group photograph with USN Sailors assigned to the maintenance section of Patrol Squadron 9 (VP-9), Iraq Detachment Bravo, during a visit to Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq. CNOMC Flavin is on a tour of bases throughout Iraq to touch base with Navy Commands and individual Augmentees assigned to multi-national and joint service commands in Iraq. VP-9 is currently on deployment conducting reconnaissance and maritime patrol operations supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason Lovett, 732nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron (ELRS), Holloman Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico, (NM), transfers Aviation Gas (AVGAS) to his filling truck in order to fuel a Predator Reconnaissance plane at Balad Air Base (AB), Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Aircraft maintainers, US Navy Photogrpah

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