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US Air Force (USAF) personnel from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) Honor Guard march from the flightline, near a C-130 Hercules aircraft, after the tranfer of the 332nd AEW from Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), to Balad Air Base (AB), IRQ, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Salamasina Nickel, an Air Traffic Controller assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron (AEOSS) gives clearance for traffic crossing a taxiway, from the Control Tower, while deployed at Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An overhead aerial view of the pilot of a US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), Balad Air Base (AB), Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), keeping his aircraft steady during an aerial refueling mission somewhere over Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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An aerial overhead view of two US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcons, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), Balad Air Base (AB), Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), launching flares somewhere over Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Three US Air Force (USAF) members of the 332nd Expeditionary Air Control Squadron (EACS) stand on top of a concrete building, located in front of the Control Tower, watching the air traffic flow arriving and leaving from Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Base: Balad Air Base

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ricky A. Bloom, 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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