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US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Liza Thaggard, Air Traffic Controller, 447th Expeditionary Operational Support Squadron (EOSS), monitor air traffic on the scope inside the Radar Approach Control (RAPCON) center at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Julianna Butler, Air Traffic Controller (ATC), 332nd Expeditionary Air Control Squadron (EACS), in communication with aircraft from the control tower at Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq, helping control airflow coming in an out of the base during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Kaethe Jo Binder, Air Traffic Controller, 506th Expeditionary Operation Support Squadron (EOSS) monitors inbound and outbound aircraft inside to control tower at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), personnel check identification papers at a main entry control point at Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) 447th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron (EACS) Surveillance Technicians maintain antennas on Camp Griffin at Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) for the 447th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron (EOSS), monitor and coordinate air traffic at Baghdad International Airport (IAP), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) 447th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron (EACS) Surveillance Technicians maintain antennas on Camp Griffin at Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Jon Mangin, Air Traffic Radar Maintenance Quality Assurance Evaluator, 447th Expeditionary Communications Squadron (ECS), monitors air traffic at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) personnel from the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS) control entry points at Baghdad International Airport (BIA). Security Forces personnel are deployed to Iraq (IRQ) in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeants (SSGT) Jose Pastrada (foreground) and Bryan Herrington, both Air Traffic Controllers, 447th Expeditionary Operational Support Squadron (EOSS), monitor air traffic on their scopes, inside the Radar Approach Control (RAPCON) center at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Baghdad International Airport

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: A1C Brian Ferguson, 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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Straight on, wide angle shot with a fisheye lens at (R-L) USAF Technical Sergeant Jay Deyoe, SENIOR AIRMAN Harvey Wagenmaker and AIRMAN First Class Ryan Stannard as they review a tactical map of the South Korean peninsula on the flight line of Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea. TSGT Deyoe says; "Most boys like seeing things explode - we haven't lost that." All three Airmen are assigned to an Army unit of terminal attack controllers. this image is from the February 1999 edition of Airmen Magazine

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Sergeants (SGT) Steven Hicks, USA, and Brian Martin, USA, riggers, 24th Aerial Delivery Support Detachment, load a crate of tools onto a pallet on the bed of a truck

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