A C-141 Starlifter, 164th Airlift Wing, 155th Airlift Squadron, Tennessee Air National Guard, waits on the ramp at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Sicily, to be loaded with troops and cargo to be flown to forward locations in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. 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
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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella
State: Sicily
Country: Italy (ITA)
Scene Major Command Shown: AMC
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
20/10/2001
Location
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The U.S. National Archives
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