US Vice President Dick Cheney pins an Air Medal on US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Eric Olson, Loadmaster, 313th Airlift Squadron (AS), during a visit to McChord Air Force Base (AFB). SSGT Olson is one of five aircrew members to receive the Air Medal for safely landing a C-17A Globemaster III at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) after a hostile action caused the number two engine to explode during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Mcchord Air Force Base
State: Washington (WA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: AMC
Scene Camera Operator: Kevin J. Tosh, CIV, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
22/12/2003
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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