🗓️ 26 March 2003 | Operation Northern Delay 🇺🇸 Twenty-two years ago today, more than 950 #SkySoldiers 🪂 from the 173rd Airborne Brigade jumped into Bashur, Iraq. The Herd 🪽set the stage for a northern front—forcing the Iraqi Army to hold six divisions in the north and easing the Coalition’s push toward Baghdad.Bashur Airfield was barebones: a lone runway in a green valley, no buildings, no power, no water. But thanks to the Sky Soldiers, it became a foothold for freedom. 🎞️ by Sgt. Mathew