A 48th Security Forces member, armed with his Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, directs a vehicle where to go for inspection. The vehicle will under go a through inspection before given permission to enter RAF Lakenheath, UK. Security is always foremost at RAF Lakenheath, but security is even tighter to prevent another occurrence of the tragedies that struck New York and Washington D.C. Hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the World Trade Center Towers and the Pentagon, killing themselves, the passengers and thousands on the ground
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Raf Lakenheath
State: East Anglia
Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)
Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
Scene Camera Operator: SRA James L. Harper Jr., USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
14/09/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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