U.S. Air Force airmen, Spanish Air Force security forces
Summary
U.S. Air Force airmen, Spanish Air Force security forces and fire fighters, crowd around computer screens to watch Space Shuttle Atlantis prepare for it's final launch, July 8, Zaragoza, Spain. As space shuttle Atlantis makes it's final launch into orbit, personnel from DoD, NASA, and the Spanish Air Force work together to prepare for a possible emergency landing at the Transoceanic Abort Landing Site, Zaragoza Air Base, Spain. This particular TAL is one of three primary landing sites within U.S. Air Forces Europe, and this is the 135th mission the U.S. military has supported.
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Date
08/07/2011
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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