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Austrailian military personnel from the Australian Air Control Tower Detachmet, Task Unit 633.4.2 celebrate the One Hundred Thousand aircraft to move through Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

As a US Army (USA) UH-60Q Black Hawk Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) helicopter approaches, personnel from the Australian Air Control Tower Detachmet, Task Unit 633.4.2 celebrate the One Hundred Thousand aircraft to move through Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Target practice targets at the Australian Air Traffic Control Detachment, Task Unit 633.4.2, firing range at Baghdad International Airport during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Tevyka Heyward, Airfield Management Operator, 447th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron (EOSS) at Baghdad International Airport (IAP), Iraq, communicates with air traffic control (ATC) personnel in the tower as they manage military aircraft for the airport 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 Civil Engineer Squadron (ECES) Heavy Equipment Operators fortify the main entry control point at the Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen in-process at Baghdad International Airport (IAP), Iraq. Airmen from all over the world deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Australian's from the Air Traffic Control Detachment, Task Unit 633.4.2, invite Americans from the 447th Office of Special Investigations (OSI) to fire F88 5.56 mm Weapon Systems and various other weapons at the Baghdad International Airport firing range, Baghdad, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Austrailian military personnel from the Australian Air Control Tower Detachmet, Task Unit 633.4.2 celebrate the One Hundred Thousand aircraft to move through Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Baghdad International Airport

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: 186 Military Police Company

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Stacy Pearsall, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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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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19/01/2004
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