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"Iraqi Freedom": a C-130 lands at Baghdad Airport, the first Us aircraft

Baghdad, Iraq - American control of the hub, but it's still being fighting hardly

Usually the first inaugural flights, in all the airports of the world, are celebrated in important way, even with some firework show and the brass band on the runways. A little different than what's happened yesterday in the former-airport Saddam Hussein, renamed now Baghdad Airport by the allies, when a military American aircraft C-130 landed on the tarmac of the airport, received with heavy shooting...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 43587
Rome, Italy, 04/07/2003 11:23
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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