Khobar
Towers Memorial
33rd
Fighter Wing
Eglin
AFB, FL
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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.
"OUR
NOMADS HAVE CEASED THEIR WANDERING ."
- President Clinton
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