US Air Force (USAF) Pararescuemen assigned to the 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), prepare to board a Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) C-130 Hercules aircraft, in preparation for a static line jump over Tallil Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Tallil Air Base
State: Dhi Qar
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane Cuomo, 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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