With a load of 2,000-pound bombs and other munitions, an Air Force truck from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing sits at a dock at the Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, Diego Garcia. It is waiting to transport the munitions downloaded from the Motor Vessel MAJ. Bernard F. Fisher cargo ship during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. This is the first time the Fisher has been downloaded for combat operations since it was loaded with munitions in 1999. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Base: Diego Garcia
Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT)
Scene Major Command Shown: 28th AEW
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane Cuomo, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
1999
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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