A US Air Force (USAF) 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERS) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter departs a landing zone while a second HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter patrols the airspace during a Combat Search And Rescue (CSAR) exercise. The exercise sharpens the skills of CSAR teams deployed to Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Robert R. Hargreaves, 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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