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| Iraq Operations |
Launches Assault on Karbala |
| NEAR NAJAF, Iraq, 5 April 2003 - The US 101st Airborne Division launched an air assault to secure the central Iraqi town of Karbala, military officials said. |
| Major Mike Slocum, the 101st Aviation Brigade's watch officer, stated that a fleet of Black Hawks, Chinooks and Apache helicopters were involved in transporting more than a battalion's worth of soldiers into the outskirts of Karbala. |
| "Basically they are on the ground to go through and secure the highways and supply routes, and also they are looking to squelch any paramilitary threat in the area," he said. |
| Major Slocum said the helicopters encountered little resistance and that the infantry troops would secure the outside of the city before moving in. |
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| British Royal Marines from 40 Commando are inserted into Basra by RAF HC Mark II Chinook helicopters from 18 Squadron in southern Iraq on Sunday, 6 April 2003. U.S. troops have strong control of Baghdad airport and will expand from there in all directions, Jim Wilkinson, a spokesman for U.S. Commander General Tommy Franks, said on Sunday. |
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| The USS Tarawa, right, receives fuel during an underway replenishment with Military Sealift Command Oiler USNS Yukon somewhere in the gulf region on Monday, 7 April 2003. The USS Tarawa is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Amidships is a Chinook helicopter parked on the USS Tarawa's flight deck. |
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| U.S. Army Chinook and Black Hawk helicopters fly over Baghdad as smoke rises from the Dhora electric generating station where one turbine is operating, supplying electricity to about 20% of Baghdad on Monday, 28 April 2003. The smoke behind the power station was caused by looters. Reconstruction officials met with top deputies from Baghdad's former city government to begin sorting out how to restart critical services like water, electricity and garbage pickups. |
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| On or about 28 April 2003: An RAF HC2 Chinook made an emergency landing in a field 6 miles from Baghdad airport. A group of engineers [mechanics] drove up to the area from Basrah and removed the blades and engines from the aircraft, which was then recovered via sling load to Baghdad airport. After two weeks of repairs the aircraft was back in service. Click-N-Go on the images to see a larger version (~ 700 Kb). |
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| Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor rides on the ramp of a Chinook helicopter on Tuesday, 17 June 2003, on his way to Camp Udairi, Kuwait as part of Project Salute 2003 for the USO. Taylor is among several entertainers and celebrities visiting troops stationed in the Persian Gulf this week, as part of the USO's first large-scale entertainment tour since the war with Iraq began. |
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| US Army Lt.Col. Leon Sumpter, from Indianapolis, Indiana, walks by a fleet of American CH-47D Chinook helicopters at Camp Arifjan, 80 Km south of Kuwait City on Sunday, 22 June 2003. Arifjan is considered the logistic center for the US troops deployed in the area of Kuwait and Iraq. |
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| A U.S. CH-47D Chinook helicopter flies over Balad, some 40 miles (60 kms) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, 27 June 2003. Three Iraqis are being interrogated after two soldiers and their Humvee were reported missing while guarding the perimeter of a rocket demolition site near the town of Balad. On Saturday, 28 June 2003, the bodies of the missing soldiers were discovered. |
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