Arriving at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, only days before, an F-15E Strike Eagle, 366th Air Expeditionary Wing, 391st Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, prepares to fly its first bombing mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM into Afghanistan. A crewchief wait for the signal to pull the wheel chock. The F-15 is equipped with the LANTRIN Navigation and Targeting System pod and carries two racks of GBU-12 500-pound bombs with CCG MAU-169 guidance system, an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) and AIM-9 Sidewinders. The 366th AEW is one of the Air Force's "on-call 911" fighter wings, ready to deploy at a moments notice
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Base: Al Udeid Air Base, Doha
Country: Qatar (QAT)
Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Dave Nolan, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
17/10/2001
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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