Accession Number | P04159.120 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Parker, David Dare |
Place made | Iraq: Baghdad |
Date made | 9 May 2003 |
Conflict |
Iraq, 2003-2013 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
Flying Officer (FO) Andrew Chapman, RAAF Air Traffic Control detachment. FO Chapman is in the air ...
Description
Flying Officer (FO) Andrew Chapman, RAAF Air Traffic Control detachment. FO Chapman is in the air traffic control tower at Baghdad International Airport. The Air Traffic Control element was deployed to provide support services for airfield operations, and forms part of the RAAF Combat Support Unit operating in the Middle East. A team of thirteen RAAF air traffic controllers monitors over 500 aircraft movements per day. The Air Traffic Control detachment operated in the Middle East as part of the Australian commitment assembled to disarm Iraq.