US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Jason Jacobs, Fire Department, 437th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA), setting Kirkuk Air Base (AB) overgrown grass on fire during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Setting off these controlled grass fires helps control fire hazards, rodent control, and makes clean up much easier
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Kirkuk Air Base
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Billy Johnston, 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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Date
25/04/2003
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The U.S. National Archives
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