Australian Department of Defence photo JPAU27APR03WG01

Sourced from: http://www.defence.gov.au/opfalconer/images/gallery/020503/020503.htm

Caption: The Royal Australian Air Force's Corporal David Thomas and Corporal Craig Whiteman move in to launch their F/A-18 Hornets for their final combat mission in the Middle East. (Date taken: 27 April 2003)

Copyright: © Commonwealth of Australia 2003

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This image was released by the Australian Department of Defence as part of a media release informing the media and public about No. 75 Squadron's operations during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. I believe that the use of this image in the articles Australia in the Iraq War and History of the Royal Australian Air Force, with the Department of Defence being clearly identified as the image's source, on a non-commercial online encyclopaedia such as Wikipedia qualifies for 'fair dealing' status under Australian law and the relevant copyright notice (reproduced above) as it is relevant to studying and researching the Royal Australian Air Force's contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and is an image which was released by the Department of Defence in order to inform the public and for use by the media. As this photo depicts military aircraft at an air base during combat operations it is not possible to find a free image to replace this photo. A higher resolution version of the image is available at the source link provided above.