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A C-23A Sherpa aircraft from the 10th Military Airlift Squadron flies over the Rhine valley during a flight out of Zweibrucken Air Base, West Germany

A C-23A Sherpa aircraft from the 10th Military Airlift Squadron flies over the Rhine valley during a flight out of Zweibrucken Air Base, West Germany

A C-23A Sherpa aircraft from the 10th Military Airlift Squadron flies over the Rhine valley during a flight out of Zweibrucken Air Base, West Germany

An air-to-air right side view of a 10th Military Airlift Squadron C-23A Sherpa aircraft assigned to Zweibrucken Air Base, Germany

A 10th Military Airlift Squadron C-23A Sherpa aircraft flies over a town in the Rhine River valley

A 10th Military Airlift Squadron C-23 Sherpa aircraft flies over the Rhein River en route to Hahn Air Base to deliver airplane parts

An air-to-air right side view of a 10th Military Airlift Squadron C-23A Sherpa aircraft in flight over the Rhine River valley

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An air-to-air right side view of a 10th Military Airlift Squadron C-23 Sherpa aircraft. The Sherpa is flying over the Germany countryside en route to Hahn Air Base to deliver airplane parts

A C-23A Sherpa aircraft from the 10th Military Airlift Squadron flies over the Rhine valley during a flight out of Zweibrucken Air Base, West Germany

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Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Thompson

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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sherpa aircraft sherpa aircraft military airlift military airlift squadron rhine rhine valley flight zweibrucken zweibrucken air base germany air base west germany high resolution c 23 a sherpa aircraft msgt bill thompson federal republic military bases jet aircraft military aircraft us national archives
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21/09/1988
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label_outline Explore Rhine Valley, C 23 A Sherpa Aircraft, Sherpa Aircraft

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