US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) James Hilton II, with the 506th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron (EOSS), a Combat Weather Forecaster, uses an anemometer to check the wind speed during a weather observation at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Kirkuk Air Base
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A. Osberry, Jr., USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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