Operation Northern Delay

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Operation Northern Delay
Part of 2003 Invasion of Iraq
Date March 26, 2003 Location Bashur Airfield, Iraq
Belligerents
United States  United Kingdom	Iraqi Republican Guard
Strength
1,000+ Americans less than 40 British	Unknown

On March 26, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, C-17s of the 62d Airlift Wing, 315th Airlift Wing, 437th Airlift Wing, and 446th Airlift Wing dropped SETAF's 173rd Airborne Brigade into Northern Iraq. More than 1,000 paratroopers jumped into Bashur Airfield. The operation forced the Iraqi Army to maintain approximately six divisions in the area to protect its northern flank, providing strategic relief for Coalition Forces advancing on Baghdad from the south.

Task Force Viking - 'Joint Special Operations Task Force - North'

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