A British Royal Air Force CH-47 arrives from a mission while an Air Force KC-135R, 92nd Air Refueling Wing, and British Royal Air Force EC-130 Hercules are at their parking spots on the ramp at Thumrait Air Base, Oman, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad.