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Personnel from from the 4404 Wing (PROV), Dhahran Air Base, during the memorial service following the June 25, 1996 terrorist attack of the Khobar Towers housing compound that killed 19 airman and wounded over 400. A giant truck bomb exploded outside the north perimeter of the military housing compound, reducing an eight-story residence building to rubble

Personnel from from the 4404 Wing (PROV), Dhahran Air Base, during the memorial service following the June 25, 1996 terrorist attack of the Khobar Towers housing compound that killed 19 airman and wounded over 400. A giant truck bomb exploded outside the north perimeter of the military housing compound, reducing an eight-story residence building to rubble

Personnel from from the 4404 Wing (PROV), Dhahran Air Base, during the memorial service following the June 25, 1996 terrorist attack of the Khobar Towers housing compound that killed 19 airman and wounded over 400. A giant truck bomb exploded outside the north perimeter of the military housing compound, reducing an eight-story residence building to rubble

A testement to those who died in the terrorist attack on June 25, at the Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia, during a memorial service on 28 June, 1996. The terrorist attack of the Khobar Towers housing compound killed 19 airman and wounded over 400. A giant truck bomb exploded outside the north perimeter of the military housing compound, reducing an eight-story residence building to rubble

An overall view of the north side of the building that was severely bomb damaged in the Khobar Towers complex. The explosion of a fuel truck set off by terrorists at 2:55 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 25, 1996, outside the northern fence of the Khobar Towers complex near King Abdul Aziz Air Base, killed 19 and injured over 260. The facility housed U.S. service members and served as the headquarters for the 4404th Wing (Provisional), Southwest Asia

An overall view of the north side of the building that was severely bomb damaged in the Khobar Towers complex. The explosion of a fuel truck set off by terrorists at 2:55 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 25, 1996, outside the northern fence of the Khobar Towers complex near King Abdul Aziz Air Base, killed 19 and injured over 260. The facility housed U.S. service members and served as the headquarters for the 4404th Wing (Provisional), Southwest Asia

A view of the east side of the building that was severely bomb damaged in the Khobar Towers complex. The explosion of a fuel truck set off by terrorists at 2:55 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 25, 1996, outside the northern fence of the Khobar Towers complex near King Abdul Aziz Air Base, killed 19 and injured over 260. The facility housed U.S. service members and served as the headquarters for the 4404th Wing (Provisional), Southwest Asia

The severely bomb damaged north side of the building in the Khobar Towers complex, with the bomb crater in the foreground. The explosion of a fuel truck set off by terrorists at 2:55 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 25, 1996, outside the northern fence of the Khobar Towers complex near King Abdul Aziz Air Base, killed 19 and injured over 260. The facility housed U.S. service members and served as the headquarters for the 4404th Wing (Provisional), Southwest Asia

Khobar Towers, Kohobar, Saudi Arabia, after a terrorist bomb exploded and killed 19 and wounded over 400 US Servicemen. A giant truck bomb exploded outside the north perimeter of the military housing compound, reducing an eight-story residence building to rubble

Personnel from from the 4404 Wing (PROV), Dhahran Air Base, during the memorial service following the June 25, 1996 terrorist attack of the Khobar Towers housing compound that killed 19 airman and wounded over 400. A giant truck bomb exploded outside the north perimeter of the military housing compound, reducing an eight-story residence building to rubble

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Base: Dhahran

Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Paul Gritton, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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