Some of the bomb damaged vehicles, High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), van and trucks, lined up near 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
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH
Base: Dhahran
Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Sean Worrell
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
29/06/1996
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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