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US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Steven Trigg, 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CCS), videotapes Secretary of State Colin L. Powell meeting with USAF Colonel (COL) Jim Callahan (left), Commander, 506th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), COL Bryant, and US Army (USA) Colonel (COL) William Mayville, Commander, 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE), commanders at Kirkuk Air Base (AB) in northern Iraq. The Secretary is visiting numerous locations throughout Iraq including Baghdad, and Kirkuk to meet with the troops supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Kirkuk Air Base
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. Williams, 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
15/09/2003
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The U.S. National Archives
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