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US airmen prepare to remove protest statements painted on the hangar door of the base Operations Training Facility. The damage was done by protesters who are camped outside the base and occasionally attempt to disrupt base operations. RAF Greenham Common is the location of the 501st Tactical Missile Wing which maintains and deploys ground launched cruise missiles

Airmen from the 501st Tactical Missile Wing paint over protest statements painted on the hangar door of the base Operations Training Facility. The damage was done by protesters who are camped outside the base and occasionally attempt to disrupt base operations. The 501st Tactical Missile Wing which maintains and deploys ground launched cruise missiles

Senior AIRMAN (SRA) Frank Crenshaw, 501st Tactical Missile Wing, paints over protest statements painted on the hangar door of US the base Operations Training Facility. The damage was done by protesters who are camped outside the base and occasionally attempt to disrupt base operations. The 501st Tactical Missile Wing maintains and deploys ground launched cruise missiles

Senior AIRMAN (SRA) Frank Crenshaw, 501st Tactical Missile Wing, paints over protest statements painted on the hangar door of the base Operations Training Facility. The damage was done by protesters who are camped outside the base and occasionally attempt to disrupt base operations. The 501st Tactical Missile Wing maintains and deploys ground launched cruise missiles

An aerial view of the ground launched cruise missile base at Royal Air Force Greenham Common, home the 501st Tactical Missile Wing

An aerial view of the ground launched cruise missile base at Royal Air Force Greenham Common, home the 501st Tactical Missile Wing

Political graffiti scrawled on the corner of a building by a protester in a previous demonstration states "Peacebreaker". Security police are preparing the base for another scheduled mass demonstration against the construction of an American cruise missile base at nearby Wuescheim

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen, 354th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW), Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), in riot gear, watch on as protestors rally at the front gate as a part of the wing's Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE)

Medium shot, right side view, nose sections of six F-16 Fighting Falcons parked on ramp. Several auxiliary power units (APUs) and building in background. Lettering on building "ADVANCED COMBAT TRAINING FOR AMERICA". The Fighting Hawks of the 23rd Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem, Air Base Germany, are set for another training day at the last Green Flag exercise

Close-up of protest statements painted on the hangar door of the base Operations Training Facility. The damage was done by protesters who are camped outside the base and occasionally attempt to disrupt base operations. RAF Greenham Common is the location of the 501st Tactical Missile Wing which maintains and deploys ground launched cruise missiles

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Base: Raf Greenham Common

Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Patrick Nugent

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20/04/1986
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