An air-to-air view showing two US Navy (USN) EA-6B Prowler aircraft from Electronic Attack Squadron One Three Nine (VAQ-139) "Cougars," in flight over Mount Rainier, Washington (WA), during a routine training mission conducted in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The EA-6B's primary mission is to protect fleet surface units and other aircraft by jamming hostile radars and communications

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.