An Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crewchief from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing looks over his aircraft checklist during Operation Enduring Freedom. The aircraft is loaded and readied for a combat mission over Afghanistan. Air Force B-2 Spirit, B-1 Lancer, and B-52 Stratofortress, bombers expended more than 80 percent of the tonnage dropped on combat missions over Afghanistan to date. The Air Force flew more than 600 sorties including strike missions against al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Afghanistan. These targets include early-warning radar systems, ground forces, Command-and-Control facilities, al Qaeda infrastructure, airfields and aircraft. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support ...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: An Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crewchief from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing looks over his aircraft checklist during Operation Enduring Freedom. The aircraft is loaded and readied for a combat mission over Afghanistan. Air Force B-2 Spirit, B-1 Lancer, and B-52 Stratofortress, bombers expended more than 80 percent of the tonnage dropped on combat missions over Afghanistan to date. The Air Force flew more than 600 sorties including strike missions against al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Afghanistan. These targets include early-warning radar systems, ground forces, Command-and-Control facilities, al Qaeda infrastructure, airfields and aircraft. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad.
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane Cuomo, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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