Maxwell Air Force Base Gunter Annex in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Operation Noble Eagle
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 23, 2016
1. Operation Noble Eagle Memorial (Front)
Front
September 11, 2001
Homeland Defense
{Air National Guard} (emblem) · {Air Force Reserve Command} (emblem)
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 32° 24.249′ N, 86° 14.95′ W. Memorial is in Maxwell Air Force Base Gunter Annex, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from the intersection of Avenue D and Libby Street. Located at the Enlisted Heritage Hall on Gunter Annex and requires base access. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 550 McDonald St, Montgomery AL 36114, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Army Air Corps Enlisted Pilots (here, next to this marker); Vietnam Service Memorial (here, next to this marker); Korean Service Memorial & Medal (here, next to this marker); Khobar Towers Memorial (here, next to this marker); Operation Eagle Claw (here, next to this marker); Operation Allied Force (here, next to this marker); Southwest Asia Service Medal (a few steps from this marker); "That Others May Live" (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Maxwell Air Force Base Gunter Annex.
Also see . . .
this page online
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 23, 2016
2. Operation Noble Eagle Memorial (Reverse)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 23, 2016
3. Area view of memorial (near center)
Photographed by USAF Photos
4. Photos & painting about Operation Noble Eagle.
Top left: A National Guard Heritage painting of ANG flight over the Pentagon on 9/11. Continuous combat air patrols were maintained over Washington, DC and New York City until the spring of 2002.
Top right: An F-15 flies over lower Manhattan and Ground Zero during an Operation Noble Eagle combat air patrol mission several months after the 9/11 attacks.
Bottom left: An F–16 Fighting Falcon flies over the Pentagon as part of Operation Noble Eagle.
Bottom right: Flying over the San Francisco Bay, two F–16 Fighting Falcons move into a precontact position with a KC–135E Stratotanker before refueling during an Operation Noble Eagle training patrol.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 23, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 625 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 23, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
