A US Air Force (USAF) C-40B, 1ST Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS), Andrews Air Force Base (AFB), Maryland (MD), carrying US Army (USA) General (GEN) Tommy R. Franks, Commander, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), takes off from a forward-deployed air base in the Middle East during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. A KC-135R Stratotanker waits on the taxiway

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A US Air Force (USAF) C-40B, 1ST Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS), Andrews Air Force Base (AFB), Maryland (MD), carrying US Army (USA) General (GEN) Tommy R. Franks, Commander, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), takes off from a forward-deployed air base in the Middle East during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. A KC-135R Stratotanker waits on the taxiway

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Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Derrick C. Goode, USAF

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Iraq War

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.