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US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) David Chasteen, Assistant Non-Governmental Organization Cell, 3rd Infantry Division, Ft. Stuart, Georgia (GA), welcomes members of the International Red Cross to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). They arrived on the first civilian aircraft to land on the commercial runway at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) making them the first Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) to arrive at BIAP since the commercial runway opened yesterday. BIAP is a primary base of operations for US military personnel, cargo and humanitarian airlift for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk, 301st Rescue Squadron (RQS), Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), Patrick Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL), crew performs preflight checks on their aircraft prior to flying a mission over Baghdad. The Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) unit is currently assigned to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Julianna Butler, Air Traffic Controller (ATC), 332nd Expeditionary Air Control Squadron (EACS), in communication with aircraft from the control tower at Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq, helping control airflow coming in an out of the base during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force personnel of the 363rd Expeditionary Medical Group, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, look at the shot records of the personnel who just came in on a Boeing 757 aircraft (Not shown). They are a part of the coalition forces of the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing that enforces the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression. This missionis in direct support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

Wounded US Army (USA) Soldiers loaded onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Missouri Air National Guard (MOANG) at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) prepare for transport to a rear area hospital during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The patients were staged at a Medical Airlift Staging Facility (MASF) at BIAP while waiting for the aircraft to arrive

Arab Republic of Egypt Air Force (EAF) Major (MAJ) Ayman Elbeblawi, Co-Pilot, 516th Regiment (REGT), 195th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), discusses course directions and flight operations onboard his C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft as he and his fellow Rodeo 98 Team members fly towards a Containerized Delivery System (CDS) palletized cargo load target during the cargo on-target competition portion of the US Air Force (USAF) Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA)

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Ryan Sandell, Nebraska Air National Guard, 155th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, communicates with LT. COL. Keith Schell, Pilot, in the cockpit of a KC-135R Stratotanker refueler aircraft before departing for Incirlik AB, Turkey at the Lincoln Airport, Neb., on Oct. 24, 2004, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Alan Brown) (RELEASED)

Air Force crewchiefs from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing prepare to launch a B-1B Lancer bomber into combat over Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Crewchiefs are responsible for the maintenance, refueling, launching, preflight and post-flight inspections of their aircraft. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad, after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon

US Air Force personnel of the 363rd Expeditionary Medical Group, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, look at the shot records of the personnel who just came in on a Boeing 757 aircraft (Not shown). They are a part of the coalition forces of the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing that enforces the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression. This mission is in direct support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) members of the Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE) off-load medical supplies from the first civilian aircraft to land on the commercial runway at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). The aircraft brought in several International Red Cross members and medical supplies, making them the first Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) to arrive at BIAP since the commercial runway opened yesterday. BIAP is a primary base of operations for US military personnel, cargo and humanitarian airlift for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Base: Baghdad International Airport

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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A United States Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft from Marine Aerial Refueler/ Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352 pulls onto the tarmac at Wajir air field in Northern Kenya to execute a combat off-load during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98

Rwandan refugees curiously observe cargo off-load operations of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft from the 452nd Avionics Maintenance Wing (AMW) Air Force Reserve (AFRES), March AFB, Calif

Chairman of the USO (United Service Organizations) World Board of Governors John Gottshalk (left), National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) driver Mike Wallace, World Wrestling Entertainment star Kurt Engle, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF (JCS) US Air Force (USAF) General Richard Myers, Model Leeann Tweeden and comedian Robin Williams (right) arrive at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) to entertain US troops deployed to Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Two US Air Force (USAF) HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters assigned to the 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERS), take-off at Baghdad International Airport (BIA), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A M35A2 2 1/2-ton cargo truck pulls a support vehicle up the starboard loading ramp of the United States Naval Ship (USNS) Gordon. USNS Gordon is the first United States Navy (USN) Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships, or LMSR, cargo vessel. USNS Gordon is a former commercial tanker and underwent conversion to United States Navy Military Sealift Command specifications to make it ideal for the loading, transport and unloading of United States Army and United States Marine Corps combat equipment. It is more than 300 yards long and has a storage capacity of more than 300,000 square feet. The ship is named in honor of MASTER Sergeant Gary I. Gordon, US Army, who was posthumously...

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Buck Kaplan, exercise commander,

US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules cargo co-pilot Captain (CAPT) Casey Mankin, with the Oklahoma City Air National Guard (ANG), discusses details of the mission with the pilot prior to flying a mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) F-14D Tomcat, Fighter Squadron 213 (VF-213), Blacklions, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), prepares to connect and refuel from a US Air Force (USAF) KC-10 Extender cargo tanker, 60th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), during a mission over the Persian Gulf region. Two USN F/A-18C Hornet fighters, Strike Fighter Squadron 87 (VFA-87), Golden Warriors, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Virginia (VA), wait their turn to slide in for aerial fueling. The VF-213 and VFA-87 are assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8), currently embarked aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal (LCPL) Walter Perkins, Security Battalion (SB), Quantico Marine Corps Base (MCB), Virginia and his dog Irac, provide security for the US Air Force (USAF) forward-deployed Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE) unit

Weapon System Officers (WSO) point of view onboard a US Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron (FS), showing a second F-15E refueling from a USAF 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW) KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft, during a training mission conducted during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2002

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