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The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Captain Chris Ballard, a navigator assigned to the 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, conducts a status check of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft's on board navigational equipment enroute to Tuzla Air Base in the former Yugoslavia in support of Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to monitor the militaries of the former warring factions and provide a climate of stability. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards, USAF Release Status: Released to Public</div>
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