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A KC-10 Boom Operator, 60th Air Expeditionary Group, Diego Garcia, takes control of the aircraft as he engages a B-52H Stratofortress, 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, with the refueling boom. The B-52H, with an unused GBU-32 (Mk-84 2,000-pound bomb) JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition), will head back to Diego Garcia from a successful bombing mission over Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The KC-10 will stand by for other aircraft in need of fuel. In response to the orist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting...

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A KC-10 Boom Operator, 60th Air Expeditionary Group, Diego Garcia, takes control of the aircraft as he engages a B-52H Stratofortress, 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, with the refueling boom. The B-52H, with an unused GBU-32 (Mk-84 2,000-pound bomb) JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition), will head back to Diego Garcia from a successful bombing mission over Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The KC-10 will stand by for other aircraft in need of fuel. In response to the orist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: A KC-10 Boom Operator, 60th Air Expeditionary Group, Diego Garcia, takes control of the aircraft as he engages a B-52H Stratofortress, 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, with the refueling boom. The B-52H, with an unused GBU-32 (Mk-84 2,000-pound bomb) JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition), will head back to Diego Garcia from a successful bombing mission over Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The KC-10 will stand by for other aircraft in need of fuel. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad.

Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cedric H. Rudisill, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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30/10/2001
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