Three US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, one armed with a 5.56mm Colt M4 carbine equipped with the Knights Armament Company (KAC) Modular Weapon System (MWS), observe movement from atop a fortified bunker position at the Kandahar, International Airport, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The setting sun silhouettes the image

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Three US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, one armed with a 5.56mm Colt M4 carbine equipped with the Knights Armament Company (KAC) Modular Weapon System (MWS), observe movement from atop a fortified bunker position at the Kandahar, International Airport, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The setting sun silhouettes the image

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Kandahar International Airport

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ted Banks, USN

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

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23/01/2002
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