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  • 25 years later: remembering the fallen

    Family, friends and fellow Airmen gathered here yesterday to remember and honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice 25 years ago following the Khobar Towers bombing.On June 25th 1996, a fuel tanker truck packed with 5,000 pounds of explosives was detonated next to the northern perimeter fence of

  • Surviving Khobar Towers: Airmen reflect back 20 years

    An exhausted services Airman takes a break in a library after a long night of work in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.On the upper floor of a different building in the Khobar Towers military dormitory, a junior officer is preparing for bed and an early day.More than 7,000 miles away, a services Airman in the