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Local Iraqi Children run behind a US Military vehicle on patrol through the city streets of Kirkuk, Iraq, during the humanitarian phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Local Iraqi Children run behind a US Military vehicle on patrol throug...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Billy Johnston, USAF Release Status: Released to ... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, accompanied by interpreters and local police officers, conduct a security patrol in the city of Kirkuk, Iraq, during the humanitarian phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. This interaction helps citizens in the city learn to deal with their new police force and ensure a safe and free Iraq

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, accompa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Billy Johnston, USAF Release Status: Released to ... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, armed with a 5.56mm Colt M4 carbine, accompanied by an Iraqi police officers armed with a 7.62mm Tabuk assault rifle, conduct a vehicle security patrol through the city streets of Kirkuk, Iraq, during the humanitarian phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. This interaction helps citizens in the city learn to deal with their new police force and ensure a safe and free Iraq

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, armed ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Billy Johnston, USAF Release Status: Released to ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Harry Stinger, left, the 250th Forward Surgical Team (FST) Commander, operates with Doctor Nadim Ibrahim, center, assisting and Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Eric Ifune, with the 506th Expeditionary Medical Squadron (EMS), a General Surgeon, during a Pneumonectomy of an Iraqi 12-year-old boy's left lung, at a hospital in Kirkuk, Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Harry Stinger, left, the 250th Forwa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A. Osberry... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Brad Klawitter, with the 606th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron (EACS), a ground radar technician, compares height cuts inside an AN-TPS 75 ground radar system at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Brad Klawitter, with the 606th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A. Osberry... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Kaethe Jo Binder, Air Traffic Controller, 506th Expeditionary Operation Support Squadron (EOSS) monitors inbound and outbound aircraft inside to control tower at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Kaethe Jo Binder, Air Traffic ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. Williams, USAF Release Status: ... More

Light enhanced photography showing a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft awaiting clearance for departure on the runway at Kirkuk AB in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Twenty injured Airmen and Soldiers were airlifted from the base making this the largest medical evacuation mission as of date

Light enhanced photography showing a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercule...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. Williams, USAF Release Status: ... More

A local Iraqi boy wails in agony as US Army (USA) Specialists (SPC) Matt Blount, a Medical Specialists assigned to Task Force 163 (TF-163) administers him an immunization shot, during the Nation's monthly immunization day program, held in downtown Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A local Iraqi boy wails in agony as US Army (USA) Specialists (SPC) Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A Osberry Jr, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers from Charlie Company, 4th Engineers and Alpha Company, 1ST of the 12th Infantry, search a house inside out, in the village of Kwaz, northwest of Kirkuk Air Base (AB), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers from Charlie Company, 4th Engineers and Alpha C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kwaz Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. William... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major General (MGEN) Lorraine K. Potter (left), Chaplain, CHIEF, Air Force Chaplain Service, Headquarters US Air Force, Washington, DC, discusses enlisted issues with USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Romney Scheirer, Chapel Assistant, 506th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), and other chapel staff over lunch at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Major General (MGEN) Lorraine K. Potter (left), Ch...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Charlein C. Sheets, USAF Release Status: Released... More

US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Jeffrey Cantor, center, Commander of Bravo Company, 404th Civil Affairs Battalion (CAB), answers questions during a televised interview at the Iraq Media Network (IMN) in Kirkuk, Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Jeffrey Cantor, center, Commander of Bravo C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Mark Myers of the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS) talks with local Iraqi police officers about a crowd of contractors gathered in front of Kirkuk Air Base (AB), in northern Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Mark Myers of the 5...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James Williams... More

US Army (USA) Colonel (COL) Harry Stinger, with the 250th Forward Surgical Team performs surgery on a local Iraqi man at the Azadi Hospital in Kirkuk, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Colonel (COL) Harry Stinger, with the 250th Forward Surg...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James... More

Latvian First Sergeant (1SGT) Renars Vandinskis (foreground) and US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Lonny Ellison, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron (ECES), place C-4 plastic explosives on twelve Chinese Type 63 107mm rockets found in Kirkuk, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Six Latvian military members are integrated into the 506th EOD to assist in locating and destroying unexploded ordnance

Latvian First Sergeant (1SGT) Renars Vandinskis (foreground) and US Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Alicia M. Sarkkinen, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) members watch from the stands as 650 new recruits graduate basic training at Magdad Stadium in Kirkuk, Iraq. The ICDC is a police unit trained in basic soldiering skills by USA Soldiers from 2nd Battalion (Airborne) 503rd Infantry (2nd BN ABN, 503rd INF) and the 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) members watch from the stands as 650 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Magdad Stadium State: At Ta 'Mim Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Jack Nickel (center), 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CS), and US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Larry Lee (right), 173rd Airborne Brigade (AB), let a child pump air into a soccer ball at an orphanage in Kirkuk, Iraq. Soldiers and AIRMAN from Kirkuk Air Base (AB) brought gifts of candy and soccer balls for the seventeen children at the center run by the Iraqi Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Image taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Jack Nickel (center), 1ST C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Publi... More

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

US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters STAFF Sergeants (SSGT) Phillip Winkle...

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... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Wade Straley, Cable Maintenance Technician, 506th Expeditionary Communications Squadron (ECS), routes fiber optic and copper cable at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq. The cables are for telephone and computer network communications on the base during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Wade Straley, Cable Maintena...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Robert Wieland, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Timothy Duncan, Combat Arms instructor, 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), fires his Saco 7.62 mm M60 general purpose machine gun at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ). The 506th ESFS is conducting a nighttime live fire exercise to maintain their security force readiness during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Timothy Duncan, Combat Arms ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Robert Wieland, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

Santa Claus comes twice as two members of the 506th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) dress up as Santa during the Christmas meal at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ) on Christmas day during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Santa Claus comes twice as two members of the 506th Air Expeditionary ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jeffrey Williams, USAF R... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Edward Wilcox, with the 63rd Armored Regiment, 1ST Armored Division (AD), washes his M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Edward Wilcox, with the 63rd Armored Regi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: US CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Je... More

This is part of the Memorial Service conducted in the memory of US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) John D. Adams, II, held at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), At Ta Mim Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

This is part of the Memorial Service conducted in the memory of US Arm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremiah Erickson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) David Gallatin, 506th Expeditionary Communications Squadron (ECS), runs a conduit of fiber optical cable at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The optical cable is being run as a back up around the base so that if the main is ever cut communications will not go down around base

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) David Gallatin, 506th Exped...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy Smith, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

A US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Florida Army National Guard (FLARNG) flies over Northern Iraq while supporting the American Embassy regional office at Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Florida Army Nati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Myles D. Cullen, USAF Release Status: Released to... More

A group of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel unload a truck of live munitions as they prepare to destroy them at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, on Oct. 28, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Adrian Cardiz) (Released)

A group of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (E...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Adrian Cardiz, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

U.S. Air Force GEN. John P. Jumper, Air Force CHIEF of STAFF, addresses a group of Airmen at a Commander's Call during his visit at Kirkuk Air Base, Kirkuk, Iraq, on Nov. 17, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT, Adrian Cadiz) (Released)

U.S. Air Force GEN. John P. Jumper, Air Force CHIEF of STAFF, addresse...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Adrian Cadiz, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

Santa Claus and his helpers visit deployed U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 506th Air Expeditionary Group during a holiday party at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, on Dec. 24, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Adrian Cadiz)

Santa Claus and his helpers visit deployed U.S. Air Force Airmen from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Adrian Cadiz, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

Nightscope shot as a US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter comes in for a landing near Kirkuk, Iraq. The USA Special Forces Soldiers are on hand to advise Iraqi Army Soldiers on a coordinated ground and air assault operation in search of suspected terrorists, weapons, and munition caches in the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

Nightscope shot as a US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter comes i...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Mike Buytas, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

A member of an Iraqi emergency service unit gives a soccer ball to a child during a combined dismounted patrol being conducted with U.S. Army Soldiers in the district of Maghdad, Kirkuk province, Iraq, Jan. 1, 2007. The Soldiers are from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT. Samuel Bendet) (Released)

A member of an Iraqi emergency service unit gives a soccer ball to a c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Maghdad State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Samuel Bendet, USAF Release Statu... More

US Air Force (USAF) personnel from the 437th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), Fire Department, Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA), are setting Kirkuk Air Base (AB) on fire during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Setting off these controlled grass fires helps control fire hazards, rodent control, and makes clean up much easier

US Air Force (USAF) personnel from the 437th Civil Engineering Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Billy Johnston, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant Nate Richardson, 615th Air Mobility Operations Group (AMOG), drives a Case MW20BFL forklift on the tarmac to offload cargo from an aircraft during an Engine Running Offload (ERO) at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant Nate Richardson, 615th Air Mobi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 615 AMOG Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joann S. Makinano, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

A convoy of US Army (USA) High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) assigned to the 1-63rd Armored Task Force, moves through the streets on Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A convoy of US Army (USA) High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. Williams, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft from the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS), waits on the ramp for munitions to be uploaded at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft from the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Neil Jones, with the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron (ECES), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team, explains to a local villager, outside Kirkuk, Iraq, the dangers of an unexploded device during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Neil Jones, with the 506th E...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A. Osberry... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Kevin Davidson, with the 506th Expeditionary Combat Camera (ECC) Detachment, records operations at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Kevin Davidson, with the 506...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A. Osberry, Jr., USAF Release Status: Release... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Brian Gillespie, an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft Crew CHIEF assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS) performs preflight checks prior to launching his aircraft for a close air mission at Kirkuk Air Base (AB) in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Brian Gillespie, an A-10 Thund...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. Williams, USAF Release Status: ... More

A US Air Force (USAF) A-10 Thunderbolt II ground crew, 303rd Fighter Squadron (FS), Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri (MO), perform preflight checks on its jet prior to a nighttime take off at Kirkuk Air Base (AB) in northern Iraq. The fighter squadron is responsible for providing close air support (CAS) to ground troops throughout the northern third of the country in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) A-10 Thunderbolt II ground crew, 303rd Fighter S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. Williams, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

Armed with an M2 .50 caliber machine gun, US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) Roberto Fernandez, with the 2/503rd Battalion, scans the area for enemy combatants near Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Armed with an M2 .50 caliber machine gun, US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SP...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Oper... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Edwin Cordero, assigned to the US Army (USA) 2/503rd Battalion, keeps an eye on the immediate area near Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, from his High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Edwin Cordero, assigned to t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Oper... More

US Army (USA) Colonel (COL) William Mayville, Commander, 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) escorts American Director of Iraq Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III during a visit to Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Colonel (COL) William Mayville, Commander, 173rd Airborn...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Charlein C. Sheets, USAF Release Status: Released... More

US Army (USA) Colonel (COL) William Mayville, Commander, 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) welcomes US Secretary of State Colin L. Powell upon his arrival at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq. The Secretary is visiting numerous locations throughout Iraq including Baghdad, and Kirkuk to meet with the troops supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Colonel (COL) William Mayville, Commander, 173rd Airborn...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. Williams, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Mark Getsy, 506th Air Expeditionary Group Public Affairs Office (AEG PA), shows some children, at a local school in Kirkuk, Iraq, their picture on a digital camera. US Military members of Kirkuk are volunteering at two local schools getting them ready for the new school year during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Mark Getsy, 506th Air Ex...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Charlein C. Sheets, USAF Release Status: Released... More

An unidentified US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN from the 506th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) positions a crated Chinese 250kg Type 2 General Purpose Bomb, the last of the buried munitions removed from the storage area at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq. USAF Airmen have removed more than 3.5 million pounds of explosives, including more than 1,800 bombs during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An unidentified US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN from the 506th Expeditionar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Charlein C. Sheets, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

An unidentified US Air Force (USAF) member of the 506th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), uses a John Deere 644E TRAM (Tractor Rubber-tired Articulated Steering Multi-purpose) to upload OFAB-100 fragmentation bombs, probably Bulgarian built. These are the last of the buried munitions removed from the storage area at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq. USAF Airmen have removed more than 3.5 million pounds of explosives, including more than 1,800 bombs during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An unidentified US Air Force (USAF) member of the 506th Expeditionary ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Charlein C. Sheets, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major Robert Brooks waits for his cue from Sergeant First Class (SFC) Jamie Posten, with the Army and Air Force Hometown News Service (AAFHNS), to begin taping a holiday greeting at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Major Robert Brooks waits for his cue from Sergean...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Charlei... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Thomas Beaudrie of the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS) talks with local Iraqi contractors in front of Kirkuk Air Base (AB), in northern Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Thomas Beaudrie of the 506th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James Williams... More

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant General (LGEN) George Peach Taylor, Surgeon General of the Air Force (AF/SG), arrives at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ) and is greeted by USAF Colonel (COL) Kevin Williams, the 506th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) Commander, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant General (LGEN) George Peach Taylor, Sur...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeffrey A... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers, 2nd Battalion (BN), 503rd Infantry Regiment (2/503), 173rd Airborne (ABN) Brigade, transport Republic of Korea (ROK) National Security delegates in a convoy from Kirkuk Air Base (AB), At Ta Mim Province, Iraq, after they visited Kirkuk AB as part of an operational overview tour during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers, 2nd Battalion (BN), 503rd Infantry Regiment (2...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

Republic of Korea (ROK) National Security delegates speak with Iraqi police officers and city officials at Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The ROK Security Advisors visited Kirkuk as part of an operational overview tour

Republic of Korea (ROK) National Security delegates speak with Iraqi p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A US Army (USA) Combat Camera Soldier photographs an Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) member at Magdad Stadium in Kirkuk, Iraq. The ICDC is a police unit trained in basic soldiering skills by USA Soldiers from 2nd Battalion (Airborne) 503rd Infantry (2nd BN ABN, 503rd INF) and the 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Combat Camera Soldiers is armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle and a 9 mm M9 Pistol

A US Army (USA) Combat Camera Soldier photographs an Iraqi Civil Defen...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Magdad Stadium State: At Ta 'Mim Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Releas... More

Bags packed and ready to go, US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Thomas Ostrander rests at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. SSGT Ostrander deployed for the Air Expeditionary Force rotation Blue at Tallil AB, Iraq, and now returning to his home station at Incirlik AB, Turkey

Bags packed and ready to go, US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT)...

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... More

School supplies donated by the 52nd Communications Squadron (CS), Spangdahlem, Germany, are sorted at Al-Khaldia Elementary school in Kirkuk, Iraq. Image taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

School supplies donated by the 52nd Communications Squadron (CS), Span...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Publi... More

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, shakes the hand of a U.S. Army Soldier with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, after having breakfast at Kirkuk Air Base, Kirkuk, Iraq, on Dec. 6, 2003. (DoD photo by TECH. SGT. Andy Dunaway) (Released)

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, shakes th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Andy Dunaway, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Jason Marshall, 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE), sings at the memorial service for USA Sergeant (SGT) Michael E. Yashinski, Paratrooper, at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ). USA SGT Yashinski, assigned to the 501st Forward Support Company (FSC), 173rd ABN BDE, died on December 24th, electrocuted while running a communication wire in Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Jason Marshall, 173rd Airb...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: U.S. Central Command Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jeffrey Williams, USAF Release S... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dan Bedard (left) arm wrestles SSGT David Francis during a competition. The arm wrestling competition was sponsored by the 506th Expeditionary Services Squadron (ESVS) and held in the tent city weight room at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dan Bedard (left) arm wrestl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy Smith, USAF Release Status: Released to... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Kristyn Reeves assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron (ECES), level dirt on top of Hercules Engineering Solutions Consortium (HESCO) barriers at the communications compound at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The barriers are being put up around the compound for protection against attacks

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Kristyn Reeves assigned to the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy Smith, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Carl Shahan (foreground) and USAF Captain (CPT) Graham Bloxom, both assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron (ECES), level dirt on top of Hercules Engineering Solutions Consortium (HESCO) barriers at the communications compound at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The barriers are being put up around the compound for protection against attacks

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Carl Shahan (foregr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy Smith, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters from the Florida Army National Guard (ANG) land near a power plant in support of the American embassy regional office at Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters from the Florida Army Natio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D. Myles Culle... More

The Honorable John Negroponte (front), US Ambassador to Iraq, departs from the Kirkuk Business Center after meeting with local officials in Kirkuk, At Ta 'Mim Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The Honorable John Negroponte (front), US Ambassador to Iraq, departs ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D Myles Cullen, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Karl Schnoes, 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, fire department, straps on his oxygen mask as he prepares to battle a fire near the dining facility at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, on Sept. 14, 2004, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Adrian Cadiz) (RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Karl Schnoes, 506th Expeditionary Civi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Adrian Cadiz, USAF Relea... More

U.S. Air Force COL. Phillip Murdock, 506th Air Expeditionary Group Commander, escorts the Honorable Jack Straw, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs United Kingdom at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2004, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Adrian Cadiz) (RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force COL. Phillip Murdock, 506th Air Expeditionary Group Com...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Adrian Cadiz Release Status: R... More

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Randall Peterson (right), an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) specialist from the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, together with two unidentified military personnel unload live munitions at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, on Oct. 28, 2004. He is deployed here from the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Explosive Ordanance Disposal Flight at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Adrian Cardiz) (Released)

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Randall Peterson (right), an Explosive Or...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Adrian Cardiz, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Jennifer Nelson of the 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and who is currently deployed with the 506th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, pulls a sample of JP8 fuel from a U.S. Army refueling truck during inspection at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, on Nov. 2, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by SENIOR AIRMAN Adrian Cadiz) (Released)

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Jennifer Nelson of the 52nd Logistics Rea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Adrian Cadiz, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

US Air Force (USAF) members assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Communications Squadron (ECS) along with local contractors lower a Deployable Ku-Band Earth Terminal (DKET) 16 satellite dish into place at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq. Moving the dish is part of a $9-million project to replace and provide better protection of aging communications equipment during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) members assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Commun...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USCENTAF Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Christopher Gish, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

U.S. Army 2nd LT. Matthew Lloyd directs emergency vehicles into the area following a rocket attack on a pipeline feeding a 10,000 liter holding tank at the Northern Oil Company in Kirkuk, At Tamim Province, Iraq, Nov. 27, 2006, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT. Samuel Bendet) (Released)

U.S. Army 2nd LT. Matthew Lloyd directs emergency vehicles into the ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk State: At Tamim Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Samuel Bendet, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

An Iraqi Interpreter translates information to a US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, as they meet with local citizens, during a security patrol through the city streets of Kirkuk, Iraq, during the humanitarian phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The interaction helps citizens in the city learn to deal with Soldier and their new police force and ensure a safe and free Iraq

An Iraqi Interpreter translates information to a US Army (USA) Soldier...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Billy Johnston, USAF Release Status: Released to ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Vic Hannah, with the 442nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMXS), loads United States flags inside the cargo pod of an A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft prior to a mission on the 4th of July, at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Vic Hannah, with the 442...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A... More

US Air Force (USAF) personnel from the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), forcefully pull a Tug-of-War rope against the 433rd Air Evacuation Squadron (AES) during a competition held during a base wide sports day, on the 4th of July, at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq

US Air Force (USAF) personnel from the 506th Expeditionary Security Fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A... More

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Harry Stinger, right, the 250th Forward Surgical Team (FST) Commander, operates with Doctor Faisa, left, assisting and converses with Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Eric Ifune, right, with the 506th Expeditionary Medical Squadron (EMS), a General Surgeon, during a Pneumonectomy of an Iraqi 12-year-old boy's left lung, at a hospital in Kirkuk, Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Harry Stinger, right, the 250th Forw...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A. Osberry... More

The unidentified human skeletal remains of eighty-two victims sit in a morgue in Azadi hospital in Kirkuk, Iraq, The remains were brought in from a mass grave just outside the hospital's property, and are being held there for further investigation, by US Army (USA) Special Agents assigned to the 307th Criminal Investigations Division, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The unidentified human skeletal remains of eighty-two victims sit in a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. Williams, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

Light enhanced photography showing US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mitchell Yang, Forward Air Controller, 4th Air Support Operations Group (ASOG) Detachment 1, as he confirms the target location information during a close air support exercise at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Light enhanced photography showing US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A Osberry Jr, USAF Release Status: R... More

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 506th Expeditionary Medical Squadron (EMDS) and US Army (USA) Soldier from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, load litter patient onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft, equipped for medical evacuation, at Kirkuk Air Base (AB) in Northern, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Twenty injured Airmen and Soldiers were airlifted from the base making this the largest medical evacuation mission as of date

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 506th Expeditionary Medical Squadr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. Williams, USAF Release Status: ... More

A US Army HH-60 Black Hawk Medical Evacuation helicopters arrives at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), located in Northern Iraq, in order to transport soldiers injured during fighting near Tikrit, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Army HH-60 Black Hawk Medical Evacuation helicopters arrives at K...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. Williams, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

Left to right, are US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) Abe Caceres, SPC Steven Stocking and Sergeant (SGT) Michael Grabski, all with the 2/503rd Battalion, patrol an area litered with abandoned munitions in a local village near Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Left to right, are US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) Abe Caceres, SPC Ste...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Oper... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Raymond Loera and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Michael Rogers, with the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), wait in their High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), for the word to go at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Raymond Loera and AIRMAN First...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Oper... More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SFC) Krystal Darcey, 554th Military Police (MP) Company (CO), attached to the 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE), provides perimeter security with an MK 19 Mod 3 40 mm grenade machine gun system, during a meeting between an American commander and a local sheik outside of Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SFC) Krystal Darcey, 554th Mili...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. Williams, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 506th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) unearth a crated Iraqi bomb; the last of the buried munitions removed from the storage area at Kirkuk, Air Base (AB), Iraq. Airmen have removed more than 3.5 million pounds of explosives, including more than 1,800 bombs during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 506th Expeditionary Aircraft Mainte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Charlein C. Sheets, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jeffery Foster a Fire Fighter, deployed with the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (ECES), Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, speaks with a young boy

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jeffery Foster a Fire Fighte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Charlei... More

US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Larry Lee (left), 173rd Airborne Brigade (AB), and US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Jack Nickel, 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CS), unpack soccer balls at an orphanage in Kirkuk, Iraq. Soldiers and AIRMAN from Kirkuk Air Base (AB) brought gifts of candy and soccer balls for the seventeen children at the center run by the Iraqi Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Image taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Larry Lee (left), 173rd Airborne ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status: Released to Publi... More

US Air Force (USAF) 506th Expeditionary Fire Department (EFD), Firefighter STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Phillip Winkleman secures a litter as USAF SSGT Ryan Darnell (right) speaks to the US Army (USA) 54th Medical Company (MED CO) Air Ambulance (AA), Loadmaster after practicing loading and unloading a litter onto the USA UH-60 Black Hawk at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq. The USAF Airmen of the 506th EFD assisted the USA Soldiers of the 54th MED CO AA, extract injured Soldiers and civilians in Northern Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) 506th Expeditionary Fire Department (EFD), Firefig...

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... More

As an exercise, US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters of the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (ECES) lift the pilot out of a US Army (USA) H-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ). The firefighters are participating in an exercise to familiarize themselves with emergency procedures for the Black Hawk helicopter during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

As an exercise, US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters of the 506th Expediti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Robert Wieland, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

An Honor Guard of US Army (USA) Soldiers stand at parade rest with their 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles prior to the memorial service for USA Sergeant (SGT) Michael E. Yashinski, Paratrooper, at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ). USA SGT Yashinski, assigned to the 501st Forward Support Company (FSC), 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE), died on December 24th, electrocuted while running a communication wire in Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Honor Guard of US Army (USA) Soldiers stand at parade rest with the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: U.S. Central Command Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jeffrey Williams, USAF Release S... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Ryan Darnell, 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (ECES), Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq cuts through an old chain link fence while cleaning debris from the grounds of a mosque. Nearly 30 volunteers from around the base spent their day-off during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM rehabilitating the site for the eventual return to the Iraqi populace

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Ryan Darnell, 506th Expediti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: U.S. Central Command Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Jeffrey Williams, USAF Release S... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Edward Wilcox, with the 63rd Armored Regiment, 1ST Armored Division (AD), washes equipment at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Edward Wilcox, with the 63rd Armored Regi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: US CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Je... More

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 107th Fighter Squadron (FS) takes off on its deployment to Kirkuk, Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 107th is a Michigan Air National Guard (MIANG) Squadron out of Selfridge, Michigan (MI)

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 107th Fig...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Glenn Wilkewitz, USAF Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon, 107th Fighter Squadron (FS), Selfridge Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Michigan (MI), pilot, checks the GBU-16 bombs as part of the walk around prior to take off. The 107th FS deployed to Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, to provide armed reconnaissance in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon, 107th Fighter Squadron (F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Glenn ... More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Eli Martinez assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron (ECES), uses a Bobcat T246 Compact Skid Loader at fill Hercules Engineering Solutions Consortium (HESCO) barriers with sand at the communications compound at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The barriers are being put up around the compound for protection against attacks

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) Eli Martinez assigned to the 506th E...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy Smith, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

The US Air Force (USAF) 107th Fighter Squadron (FS) from Selfridge Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Michigan (MI), has been deployed to Kirkuk, Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Pilot Major (MAJ) Kurt Schroeder pre-inspects his F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft at the wheel wells

The US Air Force (USAF) 107th Fighter Squadron (FS) from Selfridge Air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Glenn Wilkewitz, USAF Release Status: Released to Publi... More

The 107th Fighter Squadron (FS) from Selfridge Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Michigan (MI), and its F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft are deployed to Kirkuk, Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Here Captain (CPT) Andy Aspey performs his pre-mission flight inspection

The 107th Fighter Squadron (FS) from Selfridge Air National Guard Base...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Glenn Wilkewitz, USAF Release Status: Released to Publi... More

US Air Force (USAF) personnel sort the first of eighteen pallets of mail delivered to the Kirkuk Air Base (AB) Postal Operations Center (POC), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) personnel sort the first of eighteen pallets of ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: TSG Joan D.... More

US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the Florida Army National Guard (FLARNG) takes off from a power plant while supporting the American embassy regional office at Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the Florida Army Natio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Myles D. Cullen, USAF Release Status: Released to... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen deployed at Kirkuk AB, Iraq, assemble and bow their heads in a moment of silence during a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony, held Sept. 11, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Adrian Cadiz) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Airmen deployed at Kirkuk AB, Iraq, assemble and bow th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Adrain Cadiz, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

Nightscope shot of an Iraqi soldier guarding suspected terrorists captured in a coordinated ground and air assault operation near Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Nightscope shot of an Iraqi soldier guarding suspected terrorists capt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Mike Buytas, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

Nightscope shot of Iraqi Army Soldiers as they prepare to enter a building in a coordinated ground and air assault operation to search for suspected terrorists, weapons, and munitions caches in the area of Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Nightscope shot of Iraqi Army Soldiers as they prepare to enter a buil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Mike Buytas, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

An Mi-17 helicopter takes off for the last time here

An Mi-17 helicopter takes off for the last time here

An Mi-17 helicopter takes off for the last time here March 1. The entire fleet of helicopters was transferred to Habbaniyah following the end of the flight-training contract between the Iraqi Army Aviation Comm... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, armed with a 5.56mm Colt M4 carbine, accompanied by an interpreter and Iraqi police officers armed with a 7.62mm Tabuk assault rifles, conduct a patrol through the city streets of Kirkuk, Iraq, during the humanitarian phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. This interaction helps citizens in the city learn to deal with their new police force and ensure a safe and free Iraq

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, armed w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Billy Johnston, USAF Release Status: Released to ... More

US Army (USA) Special Agents assigned to the 307th Criminal Investigations Division, from Baghdad International Airport, examines human skeletal remains, exhumed from a mass gravesite, located near Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Special Agents assigned to the 307th Criminal Investigat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. Williams, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

US Army (USA) Specialists (SPC) Joshua Swensen, a Medical Specialists assigned to Task Force 163 (TF-163), administers an immunization shot to a local Iraqi girl, during the Nation's monthly immunization day program, held in downtown Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Specialists (SPC) Joshua Swensen, a Medical Specialists ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lee A Osberry Jr, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

In support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, a US Army (USA) Soldier from Alpha Company, 1ST of the 12th Infantry Battalion, searches a man entering the village of Kwaz, northwest of Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq

In support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, a US Army (USA) Soldier from Al...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kwaz Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. William... More

US Secretary of State Colin L. Powell arrives via US Air Force (USAF) C-130 cargo aircraft to Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq. The Secretary is visiting numerous locations throughout Iraq including Baghdad, and Kirkuk to meet with the troops supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Secretary of State Colin L. Powell arrives via US Air Force (USAF) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Charlein C. Sheets, USAF Release Status: Released... More

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