Two US Air Force (USAF) HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters assigned to the 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERS), take-off at Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Two US Air Force (USAF) HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters assigned to the 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERS), take-off at Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Al Udeid Air Base, Doha

Country: Qatar (QAT)

Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A. Osberry, Jr., 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.