Over 1,000 US Air Force (USAF) members of the 174th Fighter Wing (FW), Syracuse, New York (NY), along with one of the wing's F-16C Fighting Falcons, formed up inside the hangar for the presentation of the Defense of Liberty Medal during this UTA (Unit Training Assembly). The Defense of Liberty Medal, presented only once, created by NY Governor George E. Pataki specifically for those who directly responded to the events of September 11, 2001
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Syracuse
State: New York (NY)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Michael Dickson, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
08/12/2002
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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