A pair of US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagles, 1ST Fighter Wing (FW), Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), in flight on the first leg of their trip back home from a forward operating base (FOB) after participating in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Eagles are armed with AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM)
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Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Mark Bucher, USAF
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Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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.
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22/04/2003
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The U.S. National Archives
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