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A B-52 Stratofortress from the 96th Bomber Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrives at Navy Support Facility (NFS) Diego Garcia as part of the Second Air Expeditionary Group in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH involves patrolling the no-fly zone in southern Iraq

A B-52 Stratofortress from the 96th Bomber Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, deploys its drag shoot as it arrives at Navy Support Facility (NFS) Diego Garcia as part of the Second Air Expeditionary Group in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH involves patrolling the no-fly zone in southern Iraq

Crew CHIEF STAFF Sergeant Brad Rowe, 96th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, records maintenance tasks after completing morning operations while deployed to Navy Support Facility (NFS) Diego Garcia as part of the Second Air Expeditionary Group in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH involves patrolling the no-fly zone in southern Iraq

An arriving B-52 of the 96th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, bears Christmas greetings from home to members deployed to Diego Garcia as part of the Second Air Expeditionary Group in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH involves patrolling the no-fly zone in southern Iraq

Captain Gordon Giessler, Electronic Warfare Officer, 96th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, escapes from the early morning heat in the shade of a B-52 Stratofortress deployed to Navy Support Facility (NFS) Diego Garcia as part of the Second Air Expeditionary Group in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH involves patrolling the no-fly zone in southern Iraq

B-52 Stratofortress' of the 96th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, and KC-10 Extenders of the 60th Air Mobility Command Wing, Travis Air Force Base, California, set ready to respond serving under the Second Air Expeditionary Group at Navy Support Facility (NFS) Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory. The Second Air Expeditionary Group is in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH involves patrolling the no-fly zone in southern Iraq

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN James Peterson, 96th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, changes the liquid oxygen (LOX) on a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft during a post-flight at Naval Station Diego Garcia. The 96th Bomb Squadron is part of the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force base, Louisiana, deployed to Diego Garcia in support of Operation DESERT THUNDER 2.(Substandard image)

A US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress bomber, 93rd Bomb Squadron (BS), Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), returns with a perfect landing from a mission supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Cherie Lewis, 613th Air Support Squadron, Naval Station Diego Garcia, helps to set up tents for airmen from the 96th Bomb Squadron and support personnel from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force base, Louisiana, The airmen are deployed to Naval Station Diego Garcia in support of Operation DESERT THUNDER 2

Members of the 96th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, roll up the drag shoot of a B-52 Stratofortress after arrival at Navy Support Facility (NFS) Diego Garcia as part of the Second Air Expeditionary Group in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH involves patrolling the no-fly zone in southern Iraq

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH

Base: Nav Sup Activity, Diego Garcia

Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Diane S. Robinson, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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15/12/1997
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An image of U.S. Army Spc. Daniel Garcia, in front

[Assignment: OS_2006_1201_82] Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Mexico Secretary of Economy Sergio Garcia De Alba [40_CFD_OS_2006_1201_82_DSC_1903.JPG]

US Navy (USN) Sailors attached to the USN Amphibious Transport Dock, USS SAN ANTONIO (LPD 17) enjoy Times Square in New York City during Fleet Week New York 2006. Pictured left-to-right are: USN Aviation Boatswain's Mate AIRMAN (ABAN) Jeff Hunter; Boatswain's Mate Second Class (BM2) Jose Garcia; and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (AB) Barry Harris. Fleet week activities include dozens of military demonstrations and displays throughout the week, as well as public visitation to many of the participating ships

Members of the 200th and 201st Red Horse Air National Guard, Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio, disembark at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to help in the housing relief effort after Super Typhoon Paka

KC-10 aircraft from Travis Air Force base, California and McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey and B-52H aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, deployed to the 2nd Air Expeditionary Squadron, Naval Station Diego Garcia, stand by on the flightline in support of Operation DESERT THUNDER 2

The Department of Justice and the Department of Defense Agents work hand and hand to disassemble a staging area at Camp Garcia on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, as US Military and Department of Justice Agents reclaimed the federal property on which protestors were residing for over a year

US Navy (USN) Boatswain Mate Third Class (BM3) David Pendley uses a rope ladder to work on mooring lines as liberty boats make their way to and from the USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) during a three day port visit to Bahrain, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Marcel Thom from the 96th Bomb Squadron (BS), Life Support, Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), inspects CNU-129/P Survival Kits during an operational check

Captain (CAPT) Thad Darger, an F-117 Nighthawk pilot assigned to the 8th Fighter Squadron (FS), 49th Fighter Wing (FW), Holloman Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico, puts on his G-suit in preparation for a mission at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

Members of the Strategic Air Command (SAC), wearing nuclear biological chemical (NBC) protective gear, participate in the decontamination of a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft during Exercise GLOBAL SHIELD '84

Jim Lux, memorial coordinator, speaks to those in attendance

Weary travellers recieve assistance from Air Force volunteers after completing a 19 hour from Saudi Arabia flight to Charleston International Airport, South Carolina. US DoD, military, and civilian personnel were forced to relocate to the United States from Saudi Arabia in the wake of a terrorist bombing there during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. They were met in Charleston by a barrage of military and civilian volunteers determined to make the relocation as painless as possible

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