STAFF Sergeant William E. Pace, a loadmaster with the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, performs spotter duties as his C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft enters Bosnian airspace in support of Operation JOINT GUARD. As a spotter, he is required to look out the side window for any surface to air threat and report this threat to the pilot who will perform evasive maneuvers. JOINT GUARD is the NATO peacekeeping mission that monitors the militaries of the former warring factions and provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD
Base: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
05/02/1997
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The U.S. National Archives
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