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Khobar
Towers Memorial
33rd
Fighter Wing
Eglin
AFB, FL
Home
of the Nomads
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33rd
Fighter Wing Home Page
A
Nomad Memorial was constructed at
Eglin AFB, Florida to honor the
12
Nomads killed in the Khobar Towers terrorist bombing in
Saudi Arabia on June 25, 1996
The
explosion of a fuel truck set off by terrorists at
2:55 p.m. EDT, Tuesday,
June 25, 1996,
outside
the northern fence of the facility killed 19
(12 from Eglin AFB, FL, members
of the 33rd Fighter Wing)
and injured over 260.
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"OUR
NOMADS HAVE CEASED THEIR WANDERING ."
- President Clinton
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