US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Charles Loner, 752nd Munitions Support Squadron (MUSS), Security Forces Member, takes cover and calls for assistance when the aircraft he was guarding, loaded with US military assets, is taken over by enemy forces during the Headquarters USAFE (US Air Forces in Europe) Inspector General (IG) Nuclear Surety/Joint Safety Security Inspection at Volkel Air Base (AB), Netherlands. He is armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle and using a hand held radio to call in the situation
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Volkel Air Base
State: Noord Brabant
Country: Netherlands / Holland (NLD)
Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Christina M. Rumsey, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
10/12/2003
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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