A MH-53J Pavelow helicopter connects with the drogue from the fuel hose from an MC-130E Combat Talon as part of an aerial refueling mission. The helicopter and crew are from the 16th Special Operations Wing, which is deployed to the Joint Special Operations Aviation Component South at a classified location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
21/10/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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