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Caption:
Central Command Area of Responsibility (Jul. 1, 2003) -- A British
C-130J Hercules aircraft launches defensive countermeasures prior to
being the first coalition aircraft to land on the newly reopened
military runway at Baghdad International Airport. The military
runway was bombed by coalition aircraft and had been closed since the
beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Thanks to the help of the
1st Expeditionary Red Horse Group and the 447th Expeditionary Civil
Engineering Squadron, the runway has been repaired and is once again
operational. The British aircraft was delivering cargo and passengers
to Baghdad in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi
Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi
people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the
regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt.
Robert R. Hargreaves Jr. (RELEASED)
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