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A 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft taxies past parts of a Cardwell-500 drilling rig which the aircraft will transport to the Soviet Union. The rig will be flown to Semipalatinsk, USSR, where it will be used to drill a satellite hole that w

A 40K-loader transporting Cardwell-500 drilling rig equipment approaches the front ramp of a 60th Marine Air Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The rig will be flown to Semipalatinsk, USSR, where it will be used to drill a satellite hole that will enable Departm

A section of a Cardwell-500 drilling rig is positioned at the front ramp of A 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The rig will be flown to Semipalatinsk, USSR, where it will be used to drill a satellite hole that will enable Department of En

Cardwell-500 drilling equipment is loaded onto a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft from the 60th Marine Air Wing. The equipment will be flown to Semipalatinsk, USSR, where it will be used to drill a satellite hole that will enable Departmen

A 40-K-loader carrying a Cardwell-500 drilling rig mast approaches the front ramp of a 60th Marine Air Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The rig will be flown to Semipalatinsk, USSR, where it will be used to drill a satellite hole that will enable Department of

Part of a Cardwell-500 drilling rig is loaded onto a 60th Marine Air Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The rig will be flown to Semipalatinsk, USSR, where it will be used to drill a satellite hole that will enable Department of Energy contractor personnel to mo

An all-terrain forklift picks up pieces of a Cardwell-500 drilling rig in preparation for loading the equipment onto a 60th Marine Air Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The rig will be flown to Semipalatinsk, USSR, where it will be used to drill a satellite hol

A 60th Marine Air Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft arrives on base to pick up pieces of Cardwell-500 drilling rig. The rig will be flown to Semipalatinsk, USSR, where it will be used to drill a satellite hole that will enable Department of Energy contractor per

A view of drilling pipes and sections of a Cardwell-500 drilling rig secured inside a 60th Marine Air Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The equipment will be flown to Semipalatinsk, USSR, where it will be used to drill a satellite hole that will enable Departme

A 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft carrying a Cardwell-500 drilling rig takes off from the flight line on its trip to the Soviet Union. The rig will be flown to Semipalatinsk, USSR, where it will be used to drill a satellite hole that will

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Indian Springs Air Force Base

State: Nevada (NV)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Stewart, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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label_outline Explore Satellite Hole, Indian Springs Air Force Base, Semipalatinsk

A Cardwell-500 drilling rig mast is lifted onto a support structure atop a 40-K-loader in preparation for loading onto a 60th Marine Air Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The rig will be flown to Semipalatinsk, USSR, where it will be used to drill a satellite h

Passing rain clouds, during sunrise, frame a C-5B Galaxy that is parked on one of Malmstrom Air Force Base's taxiways. The C-5 was used to transport personnel and equipment for the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI), which tests a unit's ability to operate in a simulated wartime environment

An air-to-air right front view of a C-21A aircraft from the 1375th Flying Training Squadron

An air-to-air front view of a C-5B Galaxy aircraft from the 22nd Military Airlift Squadron in-flight over the coastline

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division lend a hand in loading an M-551 Sheridan light tank aboard a 436th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The U.S. Air Force Airlift Center is conducting tests to certify the airdrop, formation-flying and low-level flight capabilities of Galaxy aircraft. Earlier tests were suspended in 1973 when wing-strength problems were discovered in Galaxy aircraft

A1C Ken Chambers, a structural maintenance specialist with the 22nd Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, removes a rib from the tail section of a Strategic Air Command KC-10A Extender aircraft.

USSR and US Long-Range Strike Aircraft. Courtesy of Soviet Military Power, 1984. PHOTO No. 20, (Page 27)

Fire in the hole! Five pounds of explosives are detonated at Travis Air Force Base's (AFB) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Range. The EOD Mission occurred after Hill AFB, Utah (UT) Munitions Depot sent a message for emergency disposal of commercial dynamite being shipped to Pacific Air Force Units

Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Jerry Ackley of the Joint Communications Support Element, foreground, programs land telephone lines inside the ANTTC Automatic Circuit Switcher van set up for Exercise SHADOW HAWK'87, a joint Jordan/US Exercise within Exercise BR

Air to air side view of Air Mobility Command's 375th Military Airlift Wing's C-9 Nightingale aeromed evacuation aircraft approaches the runway for landing at Scott AFB, Illinois. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Part of a Cardwell-500 drilling rig is secured inside a 60th Marine Air Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The rig will be flown to Semipalatinsk, USSR, where it will be used to drill a satellite hole that will enable Department of Energy contractor personnel to

The first stage of a Titan IV launch vehicle is offloaded from a C-5B Galaxy aircraft for an official acceptance and dedication ceremony. The launch vehicle was built by Martin Marietta Denver Aerospace

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