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US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Burgos, 380th Expeditionary Communications Squadron (ECS), 380th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), holds a handheld communications device that he is using to communicate the status of a radio cable being hoisted to an antenna on the top of a water tower, located at an undisclosed forward operating base in Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman assigned to the 304th Rescue Squadron (RQS), gathers his parachute and equipment, following a jump at Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), and Airmen from the 820th Security Forces Group (SFG), board a C-130 Hercules aircraft, as they prepare to conduct high altitude low opening (HALO) and static line parachute jumps over Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman from the 304th Rescue Squadron (RQS) participates in a parachute jump over Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman from the 304th Rescue Squadron (RQS) participates in a parachute jump over Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Daniel L. Murray (foreground), 332nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS) performs a safety checks on his communication equipment, prior to a training parachute jumping over Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Burris (bottom) and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Horst (top), 380th Expeditionary Communications Squadron (ECS), 380th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), help run a radio cable to an antenna on the top of a water tower, located at an undisclosed forward operating base in Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman assigned to the 304th Rescue Squadron (RQS), gathers his parachute, following a jump at Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Doug Kestranek, a Pararescueman assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), prepares his equipment for a high altitude low opening (HALO) jump over Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Hugh Funk, Director of Operations with the 407th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), uses a hand-held radio to coordinate events with control tower personnel before Pararescuemen from the 304th Rescue Squadron (RQS), conduct an airdrop at Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Tallil Air Base

State: Dhi Qar

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinton T. Burris, 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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air force usaf major maj hugh funk hugh funk director operations expeditionary group air expeditionary group aeg rescue expeditionary rescue squadron erqs radio events control tower personnel control tower personnel pararescuemen rescue squadron rqs conduct airdrop tallil tallil air base iraq iraqi freedom staff sergeant us air force operation iraqi freedom control tower us air force major high resolution iraqi freedom dhi qar ssgt quinton air force base us national archives