ATTACKING THE TALIBAN

A U.S. F-14 fighter takes off from the main deck of the USS Enterprise early on October 9.

A Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) is launched from aboard the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) on October 8 in a strike against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The actions are part of Operation Enduring Freedom and are designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a base for terrorist operations and to attack the military capability of the Taliban regime.