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Airmen board a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

Airmen of the 316th Organizational Maintenance Squadron perform an engine analysis on a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwan Ju Air Base for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

C-130 Hercules aircraft parked on the flight line during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

Korean paratroopers board a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base, Korea, for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

Pilots land a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the base during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base, Korea, for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

Korean paratroopers prepare to jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base, Korea, for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

Korean paratroopers prepare to jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base, Korea, for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

A C-130 Hercules aircraft approaches the base for a landing during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base, Korea, for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

AN airman checks an instrument panel in a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

Airmen work on the engines of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK

Base: Yokota Air Base

Country: Japan (JPN)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT Mark Bateman, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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14/09/1980
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airmen work airmen work engines hercules aircraft hercules aircraft exercise purple duck exercise purple duck deployment yokota yokota air base kwang kwang ju air base readiness maneuvers operation readiness maneuvers korean troopers c 130 hercules air base joint operations c 130 us air force images c 130 high resolution purple duck c 130 hercules aircraft sgt mark bateman korean troopers military aircraft aviation usaf air force base us air force in japan propeller driven aircraft us national archives japan