A view from the rear seat of a US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle, piloted by USAF Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Steve Rusin, 391st Fighter Squadron (FS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho (ID), as he prepares to slide into position make contact with a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Fairchild AFB, Washington (WA), 379th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), to refuel somewhere over Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. His wingman is visible in the upper left

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A view from the rear seat of a US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle, piloted by USAF Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Steve Rusin, 391st Fighter Squadron (FS), Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho (ID), as he prepares to slide into position make contact with a USAF KC-135R Stratotanker, 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Fairchild AFB, Washington (WA), 379th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS), to refuel somewhere over Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. His wingman is visible in the upper left

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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.