A British Royal Air Force (RAF) C-130J Hercules cargo aircraft delivers cargo and passengers after landing on the newly reopened military runway at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. An Rough Terrain Materials Handler (RTMH) truck unloads pallets of cargo

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A British Royal Air Force (RAF) C-130J Hercules cargo aircraft delivers cargo and passengers after landing on the newly reopened military runway at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. An Rough Terrain Materials Handler (RTMH) truck unloads pallets of cargo

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Baghdad International Airport

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Robert R. Hargreaves, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Iraq War

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.