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US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters STAFF Sergeants (SSGT) Phillip Winkleman (left), Ryan Darnell, USAF AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Scott Thompson and USAF SSGT Tom Smith (right), 506th Expeditionary Fire Department (EFD), give the thumbs up after successfully moving a litter, during a practice, onto a US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq. The USAF Airmen of the 506th EFD assisted the USA Soldiers of the 54th Medical Company (MED CO) Air Ambulance (AA), extract injured Soldiers and civilians in Northern Iraq during 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: AMC
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, 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
05/12/2003
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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