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US Air Force Special Tactics Squadron oversee air movement at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. "Texas 17" is the call sign for the airport

The Texas 17 air control tower, with American flags flying, as seen through the broken glass of the the passenger terminal at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

The Texas 17 air control tower, with American flags flying, as seen through the broken glass of the the passenger terminal at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of the Texas 17 air control tower as seen from one of the fighting positions dug by US Marine engineers with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of the Texas 17 air control tower, left, and the Al Quaeda/Taliban detainment camp as seen from one of the fighting positions dug by US Marine engineers with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A frontal view of the terminal roof line and air control tower at the Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. "Texas 17" the Marine call sign for the base is painted on the side of the control tower. During OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III lands at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

The United States and Marine Corps flags fly above the air traffic control tower at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

The American and Afghan flags fly in front of the air control tower at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force Special Tactics Squadron airmen man the control tower, code named "Texas 17," overlooking the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Kandahar International Airport

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Major Command Shown: USAF

Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles G. Grow

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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16/01/2002
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label_outline Explore Code, Capt Charles, Enduring Freedom

Commander Sean Bryant, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond Chandler (right), sergeant

Members of the Afghan air force Aerial Port Squadron

Afghan National Police help U.S. Army Alpha Troop,

Villagers from Nojoy, outside Kandahar International Airport, follow the members of the US Army's Tactical Psychological Operations Team (TPT) 913, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as they walk toward their vehicles after discussing local issues with the elders during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The team is armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles

Kandahar Provincial Governor Tooryelai Wesa speaks

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) David Robinson, Technical Controller, 458th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), installs a cryptography machine at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Commodore (CMDR) James R. Wyatt (left) Commanding Officer, Patrol Squadron 9 (VP-9), discuses the importance of the operation and maintenance of the P-3C Orion assets with Pakistan Navy Rear Admiral (RADM) Shahid Iqbal (foreground right) Commander, Task Force 150 (CTF-150), during RADM Iqbal's visit at Al Udeid Air Base (AB), Qatar. RADM Iqbal is visiting to learn more about the operation and maintenance of the P-3C Orion asset. VP-9 is currently on deployment to both 5th and 7th Fleet Areas of Operation (AOR), conducting reconnaissance and maritime patrol operations supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A Canadian soldier uses an interpreter to translate

Arthur Henri Poole - Marconi Room

A Marine with Helicopter Marine Medium Squadron 365 (HMM-365) (Reinforced) tends a pit fire near the Air Command Element Headquarters at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules cargo co-pilot Captain (CAPT) Casey Mankin, with the Oklahoma City Air National Guard (ANG), discusses details of the mission with the pilot prior to flying a mission in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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