US Military personnel use a M1078 (8X8) Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) to remove an Iraqi MiG-25 Foxbat-B reconnaissance aircraft found buried beneath the sands at Al Taqqadum airfield west of Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Several MiG-25s and Su-25 aircraft have been found buried in various locations

Fighter planes and military aircrafts.

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.