Satellite communications on top the roof of the Military Coordination Center (MCC) compound in the town of Zakho in northern Iraq. The MCC is the Joint Service Combined Forward Liaison element to Joint Task Force Provide Comfort, which is based at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Their mission is to monitor Iraqi compliance with the United Nations Security Council resolution 688. The MCC is staffed by military representatives from Turkey, Britain, France and the United States. (Exact date unknown)

A view of the backyard of the Military Coordination Center compound, in the town of Zakho in northern Iraq. The MCC is the Joint Service Combined Forward Liaison element to Joint Task Force Provide Comfort, which is based at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Their mission is to monitor Iraqi compliance with the United Nations Security Council resolution 688. The MCC is staffed by military representatives from Turkey, Britain, France and the United States

SGT. 1ST Class Michael E. Judy, Military Coordination Center (MCC) Operations NCOIC, works in the MCC's operations room. The MCC is the Joint Service Combined Forward Liaison element to Joint Task Force Provide Comfort, which is based at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Their mission is to monitor Iraqi compliance with the United Nations Security Council resolution 688. The MCC is staffed by military representatives from Turkey, Britain, France and the United States.(Exact date unknown)

A Satellite Wide Band Communications Journeyman from the 54th Combat Communications Squadron, Robbins Air Force Base, Georgia, sets up an INMARSAT satellite at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. He is part of the coalition forces of the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, that enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

Squadron Leader Russell W. La Forte (left), Military Coordination Center (MCC) security officer, Royal Air Force Regiment, High Wycombe, UK, and COL. Jerald L. Thompson, co-commander of the MCC, Fort Bragg, NC, pin-point their location on a map in northern Iraq. They are northwest of Iraqi military camp, Faydah, about one kilometer from the edge of the security allied zone. The MCC is the Joint Service Combined Forward Liaison element to Joint Task Force Provide Comfort, which is based at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Their mission is to monitor Iraqi compliance with the United Nations Security Council resolution 688. The MCC is staffed by military representatives from Turkey, Britain, ...

A Military Coordination Center vehicle leaves the Military Coordination Center compound. The Center is used by the four nation coalition in direct support of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. The four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

Satellite communications on top the roof of the Military Coordination Center (MCC) compound in the town of Zakho in northern Iraq. The MCC is the Joint Service Combined Forward Liaison element to Joint Task Force Provide Comfort, which is based at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Their mission is to monitor Iraqi compliance with the United Nations Security Council resolution 688. The MCC is staffed by military representatives from Turkey, Britain, France and the United States. (Exact date unknown)

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT

Base: Zakhu

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Theodore J. Koniares

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

date_range

Date

01/11/1993

place

Location

36.99801, 35.41765

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/

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