US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) James Callahan (left), Group Commander, 447th Air Expeditionary, speaks with USAF Lieutenant General (LGEN) Walter Buchanan (center), Commander, US Central Command USCENTCOM, Air Forces, at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), Iraq, as USAF COL Marke H. "Hoot" Gibson, Commander, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), stands by. USAF COL Callahan is briefing LGEN Buchanan on a C-5 Galaxy that underwent an in-flight emergency when the aircraft was apparently hit by a missile as it took off from Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), Iraq, the day prior. USAF LGEN Buchanan is visiting BIAP in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Baghdad International Airport
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: ACC
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Verlin Levi Collins, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
09/01/2004
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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