A Navy F/A-18 Hornet, armed with two AIM 9L Sidewinder missiles on the wing tips and two GBU 16 1,000-pound Paveway II Laser Guided Bombs, patrols the skies over Afghanistan 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: Afghanistan (AFG)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michael D. Gaddis, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
07/11/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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