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Seabees assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment construct a bridge across the Musa Qal'eh Wadi.

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US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) William Thompson III, a Guidance Control SPECIALIST and SSGT Raquel Ferrel, both C-5 Galaxy aircraft Crew Chiefs with the 447th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), review an avionics maintenance Technical Order (TO) at the Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Leading Aircraftman Pasaricek Dalibor, 10th Squadron, RAAF Edinburgh, Australia, turns the props on the RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft used for long distance surveillance and interdiction missions as it sits on the flightline at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. The aircraft and crew are on station to participate in the joint exercise TANDEM THRUST 03, a joint US, Canada, and Australia exercise conducted in the Marianas islands to include Guam and Tinian

Royal Air Force (RAF) Sergeant (SGT) Dave Irland (left) and RAF SGT Gareth Davies, Ground Engineers deployed from the Royal Air Force 10/101 Squadron, England, prepare a replacement Rolls-Royce Conway turbofan engine for a VC-10 C.1K aircraft in a sandstorm during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraqs weapons of mass destruction and the regime of Saddam Hussein

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Paige Ramos, a videographer deployed to Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), films an US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) Helicopter as it is loaded onto a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Royal Air Force (RAF) Sergeant (SGT) Gareth Davies, Propulsion Technician, deployed from the RAF 10/101 Squadron, England, prepares a replacement Rolls-Royce Conway turbofan engine for a VC-10 C.1K aircraft in a sandstorm during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate IraqΘs weapons of mass destruction and the regime of Saddam Hussein

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Corporal (CPL) Paul Edwin, 10th Squadron, RAAF Edinburgh, South Australia, checks the lines in the wheel well of a RAAF AP-3C Orion aircraft as it sits on the flightline at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. The aircraft and crew are on station to participate in the joint exercise TANDEM THRUST 03, a joint US, Canada, and Australia exercise conducted in the Marianas islands to include Guam and Tinian

A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) pilot flies a mission

Royal Air Force (RAF) Sergeant (SGT) Gareth Davies, Propulsion Technician, deployed from the RAF 10/101 Squadron, England, prepares a replacement Rolls-Royce Conway turbofan engine for a VC-10 C.1K aircraft in a sandstorm during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraqs weapons of mass destruction and the regime of Saddam Hussein

SGT Mark E. Ransom, 22nd Military Airlift Squadron loadmaster, and SGT Bret Hartman, his Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) counterpart, confer in the hold of a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5A Galaxy aircraft during operation Election District. The C-5 is taking on a contingent of Royal Australian Engineers who will construct facilities for the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) peacekeeping forces monitoring the November 1989 elections and independence of Namibia

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Squadron Leader (SQD/LDR) Mark Robinson watches a US Air Force (USAF) C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft take off from the control tower at Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ). RAAF SQD/LDR Robinson is the liaison officer between Baghdad International Airport and Australian controllers and other coalition forces during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Base: Balad Air Base

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cohen A. Young, USAF

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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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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

A front view of a Navy A-4 Skyhawk aircraft rolling in after landing during Exercise Sandgroper '82. Royal Australian Air Force Macchi jet trainer aircraft are in the background

Ground crewmen inspect a Mirage III aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force prior to flight operations during the joint Australian, New Zealand and US (ANZUS) Exercise TRIAD '84

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STS-122 flight controllers in WFCR during launch

Air Force members from the 615th Air Mobility Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., push a cargo pallet off a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft during Operation Unified Assistance in Utapao, Thailand, on Jan. 3, 2005. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Sarayuth Pinthong) (Released)

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

Two US Air Force (USAF) HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters assigned to the 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERS), take-off at Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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

Civilian protection. The liaison officer maintains constant touch with forces of defense in a large city

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

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Bruce Yargeau, with the 439th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), Westover Air Reserve Base (ARB), Massachusetts begins a post-flight maintenance check on a C 5 Galaxy cargo aircraft immediately following its landing at Moron Air Base, Spain in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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