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After a long day searching for debris from the A-10 that crashed into the snow covered slopes, a CH-47 from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard transports pararescuemen to the valley below. Additional members of the recovery team can be seen still on the slopes

Pararescueman MSGT Rick Weaver stands by as a CH-47 helicopter lands on the Eest side of Lake Charles along East Brush Creek. The helicopter assigned to Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard, is assisting in the A-10 recovery efforts

Members of the A-10 recovery team are transported to the "Hook" landing zone by a CH-47 helicopter assigned to Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard. From there the search team members will face an 800 foot climb and traverse about 2,000 feet over snow and boulder fields

A CH-47 helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard lands near the A-10 crash site to pick up members of the crash recovery team seen walking towards the rear of the aircraft

An Army CH-47 helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard, prepares to pick up members of the A-10 recovery team who have been searching the slopes for debris from the crashed aircraft

An Army CH-47 helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard prepares to land at the lower landing zone to drop off A-10 recovery team members

Army SGT Bosmans, a CH-47 flight engineer assigned to Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard, watches as A-10 recovery team members aboard the helicopter to begin another day of searching for remnants of the aircraft that crashed near Gold Dust Peak

Pararescueman MSGT Rick Weaver "recovers" after the Colorado Army National Guard's High Altitude Training Squadron UH-1N helicopter departs the "ouch" landing zone at the base of the A-10 debris field as another member (upper right corner) of the recovery team crouches down

Pararescuemen from the 210th Rescue Squadron deploy from a HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter in a snow field high in the mountains above Anchorage for a training exercise to rescue a downed pilot

A pararescueman hangs by a hoist cable from a CH-47 helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard, as he is transported from the upper rock face to the lower A-10 debris field. Pararescueman MSGT Rick Weaver stands on the snow covered slope to guide his team member in

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Gold Dust Peak

State: Colorado (CO)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards

Release Status: Released to Public

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24/07/1997
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label_outline Explore Rock Face, Debris Field, Ch 47 Helicopter

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