An Air Force Services member from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing writes a message on a bomb that was downloaded from the Motor Vessel (MV) "MAJ. Bernard F. Fisher" cargo ship at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, Diego Garcia, during Operation Enduring Freedom. The bombs will be loaded up onto B-1 Lancers and B-52 Stratofortress for missions into 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
Base: Diego Garcia
Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT)
Scene Major Command Shown: 28th AEW
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane Cuomo, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
26/10/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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