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An AH-64 Apache helicopter lifts off as the 82nd Aviation Brigade relocates in the desert during Operation Desert Shield.

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Kern

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/04/1992
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A U.S. Army AH-64E Apache helicopter pilot assigned

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A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter with 1st Air Cavalry

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