Members of the 11th Reconnaissance Squadron, Indian Springs, Nevada, perform pre-flight checks on the RQ-1L Predator prior to a mission. The 11th Reconnaissance Squadron deployed to a classified location 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