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A Marine Corps AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault vehicle moves away from the amphibious transport dock USS DUBUQUE (LPD-8) prior to the ship's arrival at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The DUBUQUE has brought elements of the 6th Marine Regiment to Saudi Arabia to support Operation Desert Shield

A Marine Corps AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault vehicle moves away from the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Gulf Of Bahrain Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Aw) Joseph F. Lancaster Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Commander Air Mobility Command, General Ronald R. Fogelman, pins a Purple Heart on one of the nineteen caskets containing the remains of U.S. military service members killed in the Dhahran, Saudi Arabia bombing. The June 27, 1996 memorial services are at Dover air Force Base, Delaware

Commander Air Mobility Command, General Ronald R. Fogelman, pins a Pur...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Michael J. Sanders Release Status: Rele... More

Secretary of Defense William Perry answers questions from US troops in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, about the bombing of US military living quarters at Khobar Towers on June 25 Which killed 19 Americans and injured over 400 others

Secretary of Defense William Perry answers questions from US troops in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dhahran Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Sean Worrell, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

GEN. Hawley, ACC commander, smiles as he pins a Purple Heart on SENIOR AIRMAN Nicole Van Name, 509th Comptroller Squadron. She was wounded in the bombing of Kobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi, Arabia

GEN. Hawley, ACC commander, smiles as he pins a Purple Heart on SENIOR...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Jessica L. Hunt Releas... More

Then 1st Lt. Michael Harner sits in a hospital bed

Then 1st Lt. Michael Harner sits in a hospital bed

Then 1st Lt. Michael Harner sits in a hospital bed in Dharhan, Saudi Arabia. Just two days later, Harner was medevacked back to the United States. (Courtesy Photo)

US Embassy in Dhahran - Consulate Office Building

US Embassy in Dhahran - Consulate Office Building

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: X 2036 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

In a hangar, a table with an American flag, a United States military desert camouflage uniform, and the Holy Bible are displayed on a table, during a memorial ceremony to remember the victims of the June 25 bombing at the Khobar Towers complex. Nineteen U.S. service members were killed and many others were injured in the bombing of the billeting facility in Dhahran

In a hangar, a table with an American flag, a United States military d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Dhahran Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Sean Worrell Release Status: Re... More

C-5B Galaxies from the 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, California line the ramp. The C-5Bs are supporting the relocation of Operation Southern Watch and the 4404th Wing (Provisional) from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb attack killed 19 Air Force personnel. Thousands of personnel will arrive in the days ahead

C-5B Galaxies from the 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Desert Focus Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Sr. AMN Richard M. Heileman Rel... More

TECH. SGT. Harry Anson, 1ST LT. Lisa Lau and TECH. SGT. Patty Sylin, all from the 615th Air Mobility Control Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California, are setting up the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) ground to air antenna for the nerve center, Tanker Air Lift Control Element (TALCE). This facility will control all aircraft movements in and out. This is the relocation of Operation Southern Watch from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb killed 19 Air Force personnel in June

TECH. SGT. Harry Anson, 1ST LT. Lisa Lau and TECH. SGT. Patty Sylin, a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOCUS Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release ... More

Members of the Color Guard escort AIRMAN 1ST Class Ryon T. Ajello and COL. Richard C. Wirth, Commander of the Troops, to the reviewing stand where General Richard E. Hawley, Air Combat Command Commander, presented AIRMAN 1ST Class Ajello with a Purple Heart for injuries received in the Kobar Towers bombing in Dhahran

Members of the Color Guard escort AIRMAN 1ST Class Ryon T. Ajello and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Timothy P. Bauer Release Status: Relea... More

View from the balcony near 1st Lt Michael Harner’s

View from the balcony near 1st Lt Michael Harner’s

View from the balcony near 1st Lt Michael Harner’s room of the aftermath of the blast. The crater was 85 feet wide, and 35 feet deep. (Courtesy Photo)

A starboard view of the Saudi Arabian fast attack craft Oqbah underway near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

A starboard view of the Saudi Arabian fast attack craft Oqbah underway...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Bahrain Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Aw) Joseph F. Lancaster Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

Personnel from from the 4404 Wing (PROV), Dhahran Air Base, during the memorial service following the June 25, 1996 terrorist attack of the Khobar Towers housing compound that killed 19 airman and wounded over 400. A giant truck bomb exploded outside the north perimeter of the military housing compound, reducing an eight-story residence building to rubble

Personnel from from the 4404 Wing (PROV), Dhahran Air Base, during the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dhahran Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Paul Gritton, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

In a hangar, the base chaplain addresses the congregation and offers a prayer during a memorial ceremony to remember the victims of the June 25 bombing at the Khobar Towers complex. Nineteen U.S. service members were killed and many others were injured in the bombing of the billeting facility in Dhahran

In a hangar, the base chaplain addresses the congregation and offers a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Dhahran Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Sean Worrell Release Status: Re... More

Secretary of Defense William Perry answers questions from US troops in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, about the bombing of US military living quarters at Khobar Towers on June 25 Which killed 19 Americans and injured over 400 others

Secretary of Defense William Perry answers questions from US troops in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dhahran Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Sean Worrell, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

1ST LT. Mike Harner speaks to the media after being wounded during a bombing on 25 June 1996 at Dhahran, Saudi, Arabia

1ST LT. Mike Harner speaks to the media after being wounded during a b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Tammy Hollis Release S... More

GEN. Hawley, ACC commander, talks about the significance of the Purple Heart. He is here to present Purple Hearts to some of those wounded in the bombing of Kobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi, Arabia

GEN. Hawley, ACC commander, talks about the significance of the Purple...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Jessica L. Hunt Releas... More

Nineteen Airmen died and hundreds were injured in the

Nineteen Airmen died and hundreds were injured in the

Nineteen Airmen died and hundreds were injured in the terrorist attack at Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on June 25, 1996. The front of Bldg. 131 was blown off when a fuel truck parked nearby was deto... More

Personnel from from the 4404 Wing (PROV), Dhahran Air Base, during the memorial service following the June 25, 1996 terrorist attack of the Khobar Towers housing compound that killed 19 airman and wounded over 400. A giant truck bomb exploded outside the north perimeter of the military housing compound, reducing an eight-story residence building to rubble

Personnel from from the 4404 Wing (PROV), Dhahran Air Base, during the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dhahran Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Paul Gritton, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

Personnel from from the 4404 Wing (PROV), Dhahran Air Base, during the memorial service following the June 25, 1996 terrorist attack of the Khobar Towers housing compound that killed 19 airman and wounded over 400. A giant truck bomb exploded outside the north perimeter of the military housing compound, reducing an eight-story residence building to rubble

Personnel from from the 4404 Wing (PROV), Dhahran Air Base, during the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dhahran Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Paul Gritton, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

AIRMAN Jeremy S. Tichenor, a member of the 54th Combat Communications Squadron from Robbins Air Force Base Georgia troubleshoots a KY-68 Secure Field telephone. These telephones will be used to provide secure and non-secure tactical communications to the leadership here and will also provide an occasional morale call for the troops who are part of the relocation of Operation Southern Watch and the 4404th Wing (Provisional) from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb attack killed 19 Air Force personnel

AIRMAN Jeremy S. Tichenor, a member of the 54th Combat Communications ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Desert Focus Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. David W. Richards Re... More

STAFF Sergeant Larry Gerads, a Computer Communications Technician, 38th Engineering and Installation Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, works on the Deployed Local Area Network or DLAN, a computer service for Prince Sultan Air Base. Sergeant Gerads is providing communications support during the relocation of the 4404th Wing (Provisional) from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb attack killed 19 Air Force personnel

STAFF Sergeant Larry Gerads, a Computer Communications Technician, 38t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Desert Focus Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Sr. AMN Richard M. Heileman Rel... More

Members of the 6th Marine Regiment watch from aboard the amphibious transport dock USS DUBUQUE (LPD-8) as a Saudi Arabian patrol craft passes off the DUBUQUE's port quarter. The Marines will disembark in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to join Operation Desert Shield

Members of the 6th Marine Regiment watch from aboard the amphibious tr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Gulf Of Bahrain Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Aw) Joseph F. Lancaster Release Status: Released to Public ... More

United States Air Force personnel deployed to a Jordanian Air base unload munitions for the upcoming Air Power Expeditionary Force operation from a United States Air Force C-130E currently deployed to the 4404th (P) Wing Dhahran Air Base, Saudi Arabia

United States Air Force personnel deployed to a Jordanian Air base unl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AIR POWER EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Country: Jordan (JOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Pu... More

The Honor Guard carry caskets containing the remains of nineteen service members killed in the Dhahran, Saudi Arabia bombing. The service is held at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware on June 27, 1996

The Honor Guard carry caskets containing the remains of nineteen servi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Michael J. Sanders Release Status: Rele... More

Members of the 4404th Operation Support Group pray for the victims, during a memorial ceremony to remember the victims of the June 25 bombing at the Khobar Towers complex. Nineteen U.S. service members were killed and many others were injured in the bombing of the billeting facility in Dhahran

Members of the 4404th Operation Support Group pray for the victims, du...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Dhahran Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Sean Worrell Release Status: Re... More

In a hangar, at the podium and with other VIPs seated behind him, Secretary of Defense William Perry talks to and answers questions from U.S. military personnel about the June 25 bombing at the Khobar Towers complex. Nineteen U.S. service members were killed and many others were injured in the bombing of the billeting facility in Dhahran

In a hangar, at the podium and with other VIPs seated behind him, Secr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Dhahran Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Sean Worrell Release Status: Re... More

STAFF Sergeant Darryll Martin, a member of the 615th Aerial Port Squadron from Travis Air Force Base, California prepares to remove the dundage from one of the pallets in a C-5B Galaxy. The C-5Bs are supporting the relocation of Operation Southern Watch and the 4404th Wing (Provisional) from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb attack killed 19 Air Force personnel. Thousands of personnel will arrive in the days ahead

STAFF Sergeant Darryll Martin, a member of the 615th Aerial Port Squad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Desert Focus Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. David W. Richards Re... More

MASTER Sergeant Pam Barnes, a loadmaster on a C-5B Galaxy aircraft based at the 22nd Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California points where to place load absorbing boards before a vehicle travels down the ramp. The continued operations are supplying personnel and equipment into the base. This is the relocation of Operation Southern Watch from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb killed 19 Air Force personnel in June

MASTER Sergeant Pam Barnes, a loadmaster on a C-5B Galaxy aircraft bas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Desert Focus Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. David W. Richards Re... More

MASTER Sergeant Irineo Tambunga, a Production Supervisor with the 953rd Aircraft Generation Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base Oklahoma, prepares to launch an E-3C Sentry Airborne Warning and Control system (AWACS) aircraft during daily operations of the 4404th Air Wing (Provisional). Sergeant Tambunga is providing AWACS Maintenance support during the relocation of Operation Southern Watch from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb killed 19 Air Force personnel in June

MASTER Sergeant Irineo Tambunga, a Production Supervisor with the 953r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOCUS Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Richard M. Heileman Release... More

A starboard beam view of the Saudi Arabian fast attack craft Oqbah underway near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

A starboard beam view of the Saudi Arabian fast attack craft Oqbah und...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Gulf Of Bahrain Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Aw) Joseph F. Lancaster Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

US Embassy in Dhahran - Consulate Office Building - 1992

US Embassy in Dhahran - Consulate Office Building - 1992

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: X 2036 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Against a background of a 60th Air Mobility Wing C-5 Galaxy aircraft, hearses bear flag draped caskets containing the remains of U.S. military service members killed in the Dhahran, Saudi Arabia bombing, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware on June 27, 1996

Against a background of a 60th Air Mobility Wing C-5 Galaxy aircraft, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Michael J. Sanders Release Status: Rele... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Jason A. Flora, a Law Enforcement SPECIALIST with the 56th Security Police Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, checks the underside of a vehicle coming in to the Oscar Site Compound. The vehicles are part of the relocation of Operation Southern Watch and the 4404th Wing (Provisional) from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb attack killed 19 Air Force personnel

SENIOR AIRMAN Jason A. Flora, a Law Enforcement SPECIALIST with the 56...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Desert Focus Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Sr. AMN Richard M. Heileman Rel... More

Nineteen Airmen died and more than 350 were injured

Nineteen Airmen died and more than 350 were injured

Nineteen Airmen died and more than 350 were injured in the terrorist attack at Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on June 25, 1996. The front of Bldg. 131 was blown off exposing rooms like this one after t... More

1ST LT. Mike Harner tells the media, "I've had my better days, but it's good to be home. I've been in a lot of pain the last couple of days, but with the support of my wife, I feel a lot better." Harner was wounded from the truck bomb attack in Dhahran, Saudi, Arabia on 25 June 1996

1ST LT. Mike Harner tells the media, "I've had my better days, but it'...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Heather M. Mcmurry Rel... More

1ST LT. Mike Harner looks at well-wishers as he is carried from a C-9 Nightingale medical evacuation aircraft. Harner was injured during the June 25, 1996 bomb attack in Dhahran, Saudi, Arabia

1ST LT. Mike Harner looks at well-wishers as he is carried from a C-9 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Tammy Hollis Release S... More

The TSW -7 Mobile Tower is operated by members of the 5th Combat Communications Group from Robbins Air Force Base Georgia. Soon this site will be controlling all arriving and departing aircraft bringing troops, equipment and supplies in support of the relocation of Operation Southern Watch and the 4404th Wing (Provisional) from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb attack killed 19 Air Force personnel

The TSW -7 Mobile Tower is operated by members of the 5th Combat Commu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOCUS Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. David W. Richards Re... More

GEN. Hawley, ACC commander, congratulates 1ST LT. Harner, 509th Civil Engineers, after receiving a Purple Heart for being wounded in the bombing of Kobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi, Arabia

GEN. Hawley, ACC commander, congratulates 1ST LT. Harner, 509th Civil ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Jessica L. Hunt Releas... More

A lasting legacy: The Dhahran Airfield and Civil Air Terminal

A lasting legacy: The Dhahran Airfield and Civil Air Terminal

The Dhahran Civil Air Terminal under construction in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

US Embassy in Dhahran - Consulate Office Building - 1972

US Embassy in Dhahran - Consulate Office Building - 1972

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: X 2036 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

US Embassy in Dhahran - Consulate Office Building - 1986

US Embassy in Dhahran - Consulate Office Building - 1986

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: X 2036 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

In a hangar, the base honor guard surround a table displaying an American flag, a United States military desert camouflage uniform, and a Holy Bible during a memorial ceremony to remember the victims of the June 25 bombing at the Khobar Towers complex. Nineteen U.S. service members were killed and many others were injured in the bombing of the billeting facility in Dhahran

In a hangar, the base honor guard surround a table displaying an Ameri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Dhahran Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Sean Worrell Release Status: Re... More

Brigadier General Terry L Schwalier, commander 4404 wing (PROV) (left) and Major General Kurt B. Anderson, Commander of the Joint Task Force, South West Asia, take questions from reporters during a press briefing in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, following the bombing of the Khobar Towers housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. A giant truck bomb exploded outside the north perimeter of the military housing compound, reducing an eight-story residence building to rubble, killing 19 airmen and wounding over 400 others

Brigadier General Terry L Schwalier, commander 4404 wing (PROV) (left)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dhahran Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Paul Gritton, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

A C-130E currently deployed to the 4404th (P) Wing Dhahran Air Base, Saudi Arabia taxis on the runway at an air base in Jordan. The plane is carrying munitions for the upcoming Air Power Expeditionary Force operation

A C-130E currently deployed to the 4404th (P) Wing Dhahran Air Base, S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AIR POWER EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Country: Jordan (JOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Nineteen flag draped caskets containing the remains of U.S. military service members killed in Dhahran, Saudi, Arabia bombing sit in the Travis AFB, Calif.- 60th Airlift Wing, C-5 Galaxy at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware awaiting removal for a memorial service on June 27th 1996

Nineteen flag draped caskets containing the remains of U.S. military s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Kimberly A. Ruebling Release Status... More

1ST LT. Mike Harner finishes his speech to the media and is helped to a wheelchair prior to being taken to Whiteman AFB hospital. Harner was injured during the June 25, 1996 bomb attack in Dhahran

1ST LT. Mike Harner finishes his speech to the media and is helped to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Tammy Hollis Release S... More

U.S. military personnel arrive at Dhahran International Airport aboard a 433rd Military Airlift Wing C-5A Galaxy aircraft during Operation Desert Shield

U.S. military personnel arrive at Dhahran International Airport aboard...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. F. Lee Cockran Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Marine Corps AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault vehicles move away from the amphibious transport dock USS DUBUQUE (LPD-8) prior to the ship's arrival at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The DUBUQUE has brought elements of the 6th Marine Regiment to Saudi Arabia to support Operation Desert Shield. An LCM-8 mechanized landing craft is at left

Marine Corps AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault vehicles move away from the a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Gulf Of Bahrain Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Lancaster Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

US Embassy in Dhahran - Consulate Office Building - 1992

US Embassy in Dhahran - Consulate Office Building - 1992

The original finding aid described this item as: Property Number: X 2036 Photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Dover Air Force Base honor guard carries the flag draped casket of one of the nineteen service members killed in the Dhahran, Saudi Arabia bombing. A memorial service for the nineteen military members is being held on the flightline at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware on June 27, 1996

Dover Air Force Base honor guard carries the flag draped casket of one...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: T. W. Reynolds Release Status: Released... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Luke Bingham, a Security SPECIALIST with the 60 Security Police Squadron, Travis AFB, California, controls traffic flow through Harvest Falcon Entry Control Point at Al Kharj Air Base. The Security Police Contingent at Al Kharj has established a single entry point for all vehicles as a security measure which allows for tighter control of vehicle movement in and out of the Tent City during Operation DESERT FOCUS, the force protection US air assets relocation from Dhahran and Riyadh to the Prince Sultan Air Base. Military personnel are in country to support Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, the no fly zone over southern Iraq

SENIOR AIRMAN Luke Bingham, a Security SPECIALIST with the 60 Security...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCHDESERT FOCUS Base: Al Kharj Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Richard M Heileman,... More

These tents are part of the nerve center of the Tanker Air Lift Control Element (TALCE) that will control all aircraft movements in and out of the base to support the relocation of Operation Southern Watch and the 4404th Wing (Provisional) from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb attack killed 19 Air Force personnel

These tents are part of the nerve center of the Tanker Air Lift Contro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOCUS Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. David W. Richards Re... More

Aircrew from the 557th Air Control Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma conduct a "Bag Drag" during their arrival in an E-3C Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. This is the relocation of Operation Southern Watch from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb killed 19 Air Force personnel in June

Aircrew from the 557th Air Control Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklaho...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOCUS Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. David W. Richards Re... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Adam Brunkow, Aero Structure Repairman, and Airmen First Class Rian Capaci, and Ken Sergent, C-130 Crew Chiefs with the 4410th Airlift Squadron conduct a routine structure inspection on a C-130 Hercules. This is part of the relocation of Operation Southern Watch and the 4404th Wing (Provisional ) from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb killed 19 Air Force personnel in June

SENIOR AIRMAN Adam Brunkow, Aero Structure Repairman, and Airmen First...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOCUS Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Richard M. Heileman Release... More

News crews from Kansas City interview SENIOR AIRMAN Nicole Van Name, 509th Comptroller Squadron, after she received her Purple Heart for the wounds she suffered in the bombing of Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi, Arabia

News crews from Kansas City interview SENIOR AIRMAN Nicole Van Name, 5...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Jessica L. Hunt Releas... More

GEN. Walter Kross, Commander, Air Mobility Command poses with Purple Heart recipients: TECH. SGT. Dwight Nelson from the 92nd Transportation Squadron, STAFF SGT. Mark Dinhart from the 92nd Maintenance Squadron and SENIOR AIRMAN Eric Eggleston from the 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron. They receive the Purple Heart for injuries sustained during the terrorist bombing in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

GEN. Walter Kross, Commander, Air Mobility Command poses with Purple H...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released ... More

Personnel from from the 4404 Wing (PROV), Dhahran Air Base, during the memorial service following the June 25, 1996 terrorist attack of the Khobar Towers housing compound that killed 19 airman and wounded over 400. A giant truck bomb exploded outside the north perimeter of the military housing compound, reducing an eight-story residence building to rubble

Personnel from from the 4404 Wing (PROV), Dhahran Air Base, during the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dhahran Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Paul Gritton, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

Various Air Force Support personnel such as Security Police, Services and Finance Specialists exit the aircraft upon their arrival. This is the relocation of Operation Southern Watch and the 4404th Wing (Provisional ) from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb killed 19 Air Force personnel in June

Various Air Force Support personnel such as Security Police, Services ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOCUS Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Richard M. Heileman Release... More

Captain Sandra J. Beneway wears her Purple Heart she has just received for injuries sustained in the terrorist bombing of Kobar Towers, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. She also wears an eye patch to protect her injured eye

Captain Sandra J. Beneway wears her Purple Heart she has just received...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. David J. Moyer Re... More

AIRMAN First Class Jose Garcia, a Special Purpose Mechanic with the 6th Transportation Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, works on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). AIRMAN Garcia is providing vehicle support during the relocation of Operation Southern Watch and the 4404th Wing (Provisional) from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb attack killed 19 Air Force personnel

AIRMAN First Class Jose Garcia, a Special Purpose Mechanic with the 6t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Desert Focus Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Sr. AMN Richard M. Heileman Rel... More

A close up view of a Memorial dedicated to the nineteen Airmen who lost their lives on June 25, 1996, in the terrorist attack at Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

A close up view of a Memorial dedicated to the nineteen Airmen who los...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lori M. Stewart Release ... More

Rear Adm. David N. Rogers, commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Central Command Rear, boards an SH-3 Sea King helicopter at Dhahran Air Base

Rear Adm. David N. Rogers, commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Central Comma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dhahran Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: OS2 John Bouvia Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

A C-130E currently deployed to the 440th (P) Wing Dhahran Air Base, Saudi Arabia prepares to take off from an air base in Jordan after offloading its cargo at the base for the upcoming Air Power Expeditionary Force operation

A C-130E currently deployed to the 440th (P) Wing Dhahran Air Base, Sa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AIR POWER EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Country: Jordan (JOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Pu... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Luke Bingham, a Security SPECIALIST with the 60 Security Police Squadron, Travis AFB, California, controls traffic flow through Harvest Falcon Entry Control Point at Al Kharj Air Base. The Security Police Contingent at Al Kharj has established a single entry point for all vehicles as security measure which allows for tighter control of vehicle movement in and out of the Tent City during Operation DESERT FOCUS, the force protection US air assets relocation from Dhahran and Riyadh to the Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. Military personnel are in country to support Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, the no fly zone over southern Iraq

SENIOR AIRMAN Luke Bingham, a Security SPECIALIST with the 60 Security...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCHDESERT FOCUS Base: Al Kharj Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Richard M Heileman,... More

F-16 Fighting Falcons with the 69th Fighter Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, roll out of the blocks as they taxi towards the runway. The Aircraft and personnel from the 69th Fighter Squadron are providing Fighter Aircraft support during the relocation of Operation Southern Watch and the 4404th Wing (Provisional ) from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb killed 19 Air Force personnel in June

F-16 Fighting Falcons with the 69th Fighter Squadron, Moody Air Force ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOCUS Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Richard M. Heileman Release... More

An F-15C Eagle, with the 27 Fighter Squadron, Langley Air Force Base Virginia, taxies for the first time at the new deployed home of the 4404th Wing (Provisional). The F-15s are providing fighter support during the relocation of Operation Southern Watch from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb killed 19 Air Force personnel in June

An F-15C Eagle, with the 27 Fighter Squadron, Langley Air Force Base V...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOCUS Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Richard M. Heileman Release... More

1ST LT. Michael Harner tells media his experience in Saudi Arabia after receiving his Purple Heart. He was wounded in the bombing of Kobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi, Arabia

1ST LT. Michael Harner tells media his experience in Saudi Arabia afte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Jessica L. Hunt Releas... More

GEN. Hawley, ACC commander, pins a Purple Heart on TECH. SGT. Ronald Rode, 509th Transportation Squadron. He was wounded in the bombing of Kobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi, Arabia

GEN. Hawley, ACC commander, pins a Purple Heart on TECH. SGT. Ronald R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Jessica L. Hunt Releas... More

Vietnam vet honors fallen Army Reserve Soldiers from Gulf War

Vietnam vet honors fallen Army Reserve Soldiers from Gulf War

Don Clayton, Vietnam veteran and ride captain with the Patriot Guard Riders, visits the 14th Quartermaster Detachment memorial in Greensburg, Pa., prior to the memorial ceremony held Feb. 25 at the Greensburg A... More

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert shakes

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert shakes

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert shakes hands with Royal Saudi Naval Forces Chief of Naval Operations Vice Adm. Dakheel Allah Al-Wagdani during a meeting at the King Abdul Aziz Air Base.

Gulf War wounds remain unhealed for Army Reserve medics

Gulf War wounds remain unhealed for Army Reserve medics

Former Army Reserve Soldiers Michael O’Toole, Russell Barnes and Russell Dearing, from left, review the Greensburg Army Reserve Center’s artifacts related to the Feb. 21, 1991 Scud missile attack against Dhahra... More

This is a left front quarter view of an M-2 Bradley

This is a left front quarter view of an M-2 Bradley

This is a left front quarter view of an M-2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle shown on Nov. 20, 1990, at the Theater Ammunition Supply Point outside Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in the Eastern Province while the Sold... More

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert talks

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert talks

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert talks with Royal Saudi Naval Forces Chief of Naval Operations Vice Adm. Dakheel Allah Al-Wagdani at the King Abdul Aziz Air Base.

U.S. and Saudi military personnel survey the damage

U.S. and Saudi military personnel survey the damage

U.S. and Saudi military personnel survey the damage to Khobar Towers caused by the explosion of a fuel truck outside the northern fence of the facility on King Abdul Aziz Air Base near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, at... More

U.S. and Saudi military personnel peer into the crater

U.S. and Saudi military personnel peer into the crater

U.S. and Saudi military personnel peer into the crater caused by the explosion of a fuel truck outside the northern fence of Khobar Towers on King Abdul Aziz Air Base near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, at 2:55 p.m. ED... More

M-935 5-ton expandable vans are shown parked in a staging

M-935 5-ton expandable vans are shown parked in a staging

M-935 5-ton expandable vans are shown parked in a staging area Jan. 29, 1991, for a XVIII Airborne Corps Main Command Post convoy movement from Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, to Rafha, Northern Provin... More

The crater caused by the explosion of a fuel truck

The crater caused by the explosion of a fuel truck

The crater caused by the explosion of a fuel truck outside Khobar Towers on Tuesday, June 25, 1996, is visible at the top of this photograph of the facility taken from a nearby building on King Abdul Aziz Air B... More

U.S. and Saudi military personnel survey the damage

U.S. and Saudi military personnel survey the damage

U.S. and Saudi military personnel survey the damage to Khobar Towers caused by the explosion of a fuel truck outside the northern fence of the facility on King Abdul Aziz Air Base near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, at... More

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert is

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert is

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert is greeted by Saudi Arabian Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in a formal reception area at the King Abdul Aziz Air Base.

Medium shot, front view, an F-15E Strike Eagle, 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, South Carolina prepares for take-off from Dhahran Air Base, Saudi Arabia. The missions were flown to protect the No-Fly Zone over Irag

Medium shot, front view, an F-15E Strike Eagle, 4th Fighter Wing, Seym...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Dhahran Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Perry Heimer Release Status: R... More

In Marion Acevedo’s 1991 watercolor on paper, The Cavalry

In Marion Acevedo’s 1991 watercolor on paper, The Cavalry

In Marion Acevedo’s 1991 watercolor on paper, The Cavalry Advances, M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles from a VII Corps cavalry unit pass by destroyed Iraqi armored vehicles. (Army Art Collection/Marion Acevedo)

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert passes

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert passes

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert passes through sideboys after a meeting with Saudi Arabian Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the Chief of Naval Operations of the Royal Saudi Navy at the K... More

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