US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dannie Lyvers, with the 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), a Canine Handler and his Military Working Dog Kimba train at Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Baghdad International Airport
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Verlin Levi Collins, 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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