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# 173rd Airborne Soldier near Bashur Airfield, 2003 — Brandon Aird
- URL: https://techspec.cc/173rd-airborne-soldier-bashur-airfield-2003/
- Published: 2011-12-30T02:49:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-03T20:17:04.000Z
- Description: A 173rd Airborne Brigade soldier under his combat load near Bashur Airfield in northern Iraq, March 2003.
- Author: techspec
- Tags: 173rd Airborne Brigade, Operation Northern Delay, Bashur Airfield, Brandon Aird, Operation Iraqi Freedom, combat load, military photography, Iraq, green, tan

Private First Class Brandon Aird photographed this 173rd Airborne Brigade soldier pausing under his combat load near Bashur Airfield in northern Iraq in March 2003, following the brigade's combat jump.

[Source](https://web.archive.org/web/20170125225424id%5F/http://www.benning.army.mil/infantry/magazine/issues/2003/WINTER/pdfs/WINTER2003.pdf)