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US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Thomas Henzl, with the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), has his partner, Fonda, sniff the trunk of a car for explosives at the entrance of Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Thomas Henzl, with the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), has his partner, Fonda, sniff the trunk of a car for explosives at the entrance of Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Kirkuk

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: AMN Alicia Sarkkinen, 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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29/01/2004
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