Parked on the dock between the Motor Vessel (MV) "MAJ. Bernard F. Fisher" cargo ship and offloaded containers several Air Force trucks from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing wait with their loads of 2,000-pound bombs and other munitions. The munitions will be loaded up onto B-1 Lancers and B-52 Stratofortress for missions into Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. For the first time, the MV Fisher downloaded its cargo for combat operations since it was loaded with munitions in 1999. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad, after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: Parked on the dock between the Motor Vessel (MV) "Maj. Bernard F. Fisher" cargo ship and offloaded containers several Air Force trucks from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing wait with their loads of 2,000-pound bombs and other munitions. The munitions will be loaded up onto B-1 Lancers and B-52 Stratofortress for missions into Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. For the first time, the MV Fisher downloaded its cargo for combat operations since it was loaded with munitions in 1999. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad, after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
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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