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Austrailian military personnel from the Australian Air Control Tower Detachmet, Task Unit 633.4.2 celebrate the One Hundred Thousand aircraft to move through Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Austrailian military personnel from the Australian Air Control Tower Detachmet, Task Unit 633.4.2 celebrate the One Hundred Thousand aircraft to move through Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Baghdad International Airport

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: 186 Military Police Company

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Stacy Pearsall, 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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19/01/2004
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