US Air Force (USAF) munitions personnel assigned to the 410th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at a forward deployed location use an MJ-1B Munitions Loader as they fix a GBU-12 Paveway II to an USAF F-16 Fighting Falcon. The guidance system is not yet attached to the munitions. The 410th AEW prepare the aircraft for take off for sorties on A-Day, the commencement of the air war for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, at a forward location
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Country: Unknown
Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bennie J. Davis Iii, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
19/03/2003
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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