US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Ronald VanAusdal (sitting right), 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CTCS), Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), teaches members of the US Army (USA) 335th Theater Signal Command (TSC) Combat Camera how operate the video encoder on the Joint Combat Camera Imagery Transmission Satellite System (JCCITSS) at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). Members of Combat Camera are in Iraq establishing a satellite imagery management system for deployed teams throughout the theater to transmit photos and video back to a central location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Base: Baghdad International Airport
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: JOINT
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT John M. Foster, 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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