As seen in the green glow of the night scope, members of the 16th Special Operations Wing (SOW) off-load cargo and personnel at a forward deployed location during a nighttime operational mission. The 16th SOW is deployed to the Joint Special Operations Aviation Component South in 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 Major Command Shown: AFSOC
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, 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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