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A US Air Force (USAF) 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (EQRS) HH-60G Pave Hawk Helicopter is inbound in order to deploy USAF Pararescuemen at Balad Air Base (AB), Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Two US Air Force (USAF) 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (EQRS) HH-60G Pave Hawk Helicopters hover as they deploy USAF Pararescuemen at Balad Air Base (AB), Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (EQRS) HH-60G Pave Hawk Helicopter hovers as it hoists Pararescueman USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Anthony Cervantes at Balad Air Base (AB), Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Two US Air Force (USAF) 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (EQRS) Pararescuemen scan the approaching terrain while in flight aboard an USAF HH-60G Pave Hawk Helicopter to secure a Landing Zone (LZ) at Balad Air Base (AB), Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (EQRS) HH-60G Pave Hawk Helicopter hovers as it hoists Pararescueman USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Anthony Cervantes at Balad Air Base (AB), Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 64th Expiditionary Rescue Squadron (EQRS), at Balad Air base, Iraq (IRQ), deploys pararescue men

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 64th Expiditionary Rescue Squadron (EQRS), at Balad Air base, Iraq (IRQ), deploys pararescue men

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk, 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERS), Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq, hoists their pararescuemen on board during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Two A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue helicopters assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), prepare to leave for a mission at Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Rubio, Pararescueman, 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (EQRS), prepares to rappel from an HH-60G Pave Hawk Helicopter as it hovers over Balad Air Base (AB), Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Balad Air Base

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Aaron D. Allmon II, 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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