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A US Marine Corps (USMC) AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and 2.75-inch Folding Fin Aerial Rockets (FFAR) awaits refueling at a Forward Area Refueling Point (FARP), at Tallil Air Base, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. A US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is on approach in the background

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Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE

Base: Mogadishu

Country: Somalia (SOM)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Daniel R. Hart

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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07/01/1993
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label_outline Explore Fin Aerial Rockets, Ffar, Weapons Cantonment Area

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