As a tribute to September 11, 2001 Fairchild Air Force Base painted"Let's Roll", as nose art on the 92nd Air Refueling Wing (ARW) Commander's KC-135R Stratotanker. This nose art will remain on the KC-135R until September 11, 2002."LetΘs Roll,"the now famous phrase United Airlines Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer uttered as he and fellow passengers foiled terrorist hijackers, bringing down the aircraft in a Pennsylvania field that fatal morning. In the background is a B-52G Stratofortress
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Fairchild Air Force Base
State: Washington (WA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: AMC
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Christina M. Rumsey, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
18/03/2002
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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