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Welcoming home their deployed family members and friends of the US Air Force (USAF) 2nd Bomb Wing (BW) and US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) 917th Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), returning from deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. In the background, the P-51 Mustang, Moonbeam McSwine, a WWII aircraft is on display

Returning home US Air Force (USAF) personnel of the US Air Force (USAF) 2nd Bomb Wing (BW) and US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) 917th Wing, deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM wave to family members and friends awaiting their arrival to Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA)

A US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress aircraft, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), touches down returning home from Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Returning home US Air Force (USAF) personnel, deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, are greeted by staff members from USAF 2nd Bomb Wing (BW) and US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) 917th Wing, at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA)

Members of the US Air Force (USAF) 2nd Bomb Wing (BW) and US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) 917th Wing, returned home from a deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, to a Heroes Homecoming Celebration at Hoban Hall at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA)

Family members await the arrival of two US Air Force (USAF) bombers from Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), returning home from deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Returning home US Air Force (USAF) personnel deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM are greeted by USAF Colonel (COL) Clarence E. Taylor, III (left), Commander, 2nd Mission Support Group (MSG) and USAF Brigadier General (BGEN) Jack Ihle, Commander, 917th Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA)

A US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress bomber, 93rd Bomb Squadron (BS), Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), returns with a perfect landing from a mission supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Ben Hudmam, 93rd Bomb Squadron, 917th Reserve Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), arrives home to his family after being deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Welcoming home their deployed family members and friends of the US Air Force (USAF) 2nd Bomb Wing (BW) and US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) 917th Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), returning from deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. In the background, the P-51 Mustang, Moonbeam McSwine, a WWII aircraft is on display

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Base: Barksdale Air Force Base

State: Louisiana (LA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael A. Kaplan, 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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home members friends air force usaf reserve air force reserve usafr barksdale barksdale air force base afb louisiana deployment operation iraqi freedom mustang moonbeam mcswine moonbeam mcswine wwii aircraft wwii aircraft display military operations us air force air force base 1940s 40s high resolution scene major command p 51 mustang world war two entrance portal architecture world war 2 1940 s us national archives wwii photographs