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US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Kaethe Jo Binder, Air Traffic Controller, 506th Expeditionary Operation Support Squadron (EOSS) gathers weather information to brief inbound and outbound aircraft inside to control tower at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Julianna Butler, Air Traffic Controller (ATC), 332nd Expeditionary Air Control Squadron (EACS), in communication with aircraft from the control tower at Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq, helping control airflow coming in an out of the base 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

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Greg Aderhole, with the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS) monitors the perimeter of Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) personnel with the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS) guard the perimeter of Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) personnel from the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), prepare to conduct a vehicle security check at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Liza Thaggard, Air Traffic Controller, 447th Expeditionary Operational Support Squadron (EOSS), monitor air traffic on the scope inside the Radar Approach Control (RAPCON) center at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeants (SSGT) Jose Pastrada (foreground) and Bryan Herrington, both Air Traffic Controllers, 447th Expeditionary Operational Support Squadron (EOSS), monitor air traffic on their scopes, inside the Radar Approach Control (RAPCON) center at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) John Fanning, with the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (ERS), performs a post flight check on an RQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) at Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Kaethe Jo Binder, Air Traffic Controller, 506th Expeditionary Operation Support Squadron (EOSS) monitors inbound and outbound aircraft inside to control tower at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Kirkuk Air Base

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. Williams, 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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