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U.S. Army SGT. Jorge Villarreal (foreground), assigned to 4th Platoon, Bravo Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, installs a tow bar on a AH-64 Apache helicopter at Logistic Support Area, Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 17, 2007, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (A3606) (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. 1ST Class Orbe) (Released)

U.S. Army SGT. Joel Ramirez assigned to 4th Platoon, Bravo Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, installs a Pressurize Air System hose on a AH-64 Apache helicopter at Logistic Support Area, Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 11, 2007, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (A3606) (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. 1ST Class Orbe) (Released)

U.S. Army SGT. Joshua Ingersoll, assigned to 4th Platoon, Bravo Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, performs maintenance on a AH-64 Apache helicopter at Logistic Support Area, Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 30, 2007, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (A3606) (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. 1ST Class Erwin Orbe) (Released)

U.S. Army SGT. Phillip Minshew, Texas Army National Guard, assigned to 4th Platoon, Bravo Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, adjusts the instruments of a Captive Bore Site Harmonization Kit during armament bore siting on a AH-64 Apache Helicopter at Logistic Support Area, Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Dec. 29, 2006, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (A3606) (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. 1ST Class Orbe) (Released)

U.S. Army SGT. Jorge Villarreal, assigned to 4th Platoon, Bravo Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, inspects a 2.75 inch rocket pod on a AH-64 Apache helicopter at Logistic Support Area, Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 30, 2007, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (A3606) (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. 1ST Class Erwin Orbe) (Released)

U.S. Army SPC. Zachary Mears, Texas Army National Guard, assigned to 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, installs screws on the horizontal stabilator on a AH-64 Apache helicopter at Logistic Support Area, Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 31, 2007, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (A3606) (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. 1ST Class Erwin Orbe) (Released)

U.S. Army SGT. Michael James (left), Washington Army National Guard, assigned to 6th Platoon, Bravo Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, installs a Plexiglas covering on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Logistic Support Area, Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 1, 2007, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (A3606) (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. 1ST Class Orbe) (Released)

U.S. Army SGT. Jorge Villarreal, assigned to 4th Platoon, Bravo Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, performs maintenance on a 30 mm M230 Automatic Gun form a AH-64 Apache helicopter at Logistic Support Area, Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 9, 2007, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (A3606) (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. 1ST Class Orbe) (Released)

U.S. Army SPC. Daniel Acevedo, assigned to the 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, operates a crane during helicopter maintenance at Logistic Support Area, Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 9, 2007, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (A3606) (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. 1ST Class Orbe) (Released)

U.S. Army SGT. Tommy Cupil, assigned to 5th Platoon, Bravo Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, Texas Army National Guard, installs a rigging device on a stabilator actuator for a helicopter at Logistic Support Area, Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 28, 2007, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (A3606) (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. 1ST Class Orbe) (Released)

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Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Logistic Support Area Anaconda

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SFC Erwin Orbe, USA

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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U.S. Army Guardsmen from the Texas Army National Guard (TXARNG) Headquarters and Services Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, salute during the playing of the national anthem during a combat patch initiation ceremony at Logistic Support Area (LSA) Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Oct. 6, 2006. (A3606) (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Huey Kehl) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 449th Aviation Support Battalion, gather around a the light of a bonfire during the New Year's Eve Bonfire Party at Logistic Support Area, Anaconda, Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Dec. 31, 2006, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (A3606) (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. 1ST Class Orbe) (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

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U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Marshall Lewis, Graphics Journeyman, Moody Air Force Base, Ga., part of a 5 airman Multimedia Team, patiently awaits a flight to Balad Air Base, Iraq, in the Passenger Terminal at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN First Class Joshua T. Jasper)

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