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AN air-to-air right side view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft dropping 82nd Airborne Division troops over Drop Zone B-70 during Dragon Team, the largest non-Joint Chiefs of STAFF airdrop training exercise in history. The aircraft is assigned to the 437th Military Airlift Wing

AN air-to-air right side view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft dropping 82nd Airborne Division troops over Drop Zone B-70 during Dragon Team, the largest non-Joint Chiefs of STAFF airdrop training exercise in history. The aircraft is assigned to the 437th Military Airlift Wing

Paratroopers descend from C-141B Starlifter aircraft over Drop Zone B-70 during Dragon Team, the largest non-Joint Chiefs of STAFF airdrop training exercise in history

AN air-to-air right front view of a 63rd Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft participating in Dragon Team, the largest non-Joint Chiefs of STAFF airdrop training exercise in history

Paratroopers descend from C-141B Starlifter aircraft over Drop Zone B-70 during Dragon Team, the largest non-Joint Chiefs of STAFF airdrop training exercise in history

Parachutes dot the sky as paratroopers jump from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during exercise Dragon Team, the largest non-Joint Chiefs of STAFF airdrop exercise in history taking place at Drop Zone B-70

AN air-to-air front view of a 63rd Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft participating in Dragon Team, the largest non-Joint Chiefs of STAFF airdrop training exercise in history

Paratroopers descend from C-141B Starlifter aircraft over Drop Zone B-70 during Dragon Team, the largest non-Joint Chiefs of STAFF airdrop training exercise in history

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AN air-to-air right side view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft dropping 82nd Airborne Division troops over Drop Zone B-70 during Dragon Team, the largest non-Joint Chiefs of STAFF airdrop training exercise in history. The aircraft is assigned to the 437th Military Airlift Wing

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Subject Operation/Series: DRAGON TEAM

Base: Eglin Air Force Base

State: Florida (FL)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Ernest H. Sealing

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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right side view starlifter aircraft b starlifter aircraft airborne division troops airborne division troops zone zone b dragon team dragon team non joint chiefs non joint chiefs airdrop staff airdrop exercise history military airlift military airlift florida side view staff sgt training exercise airborne division eglin air force base c 141 b starlifter c 141 starlifter high resolution c 141 b starlifter aircraft zone b 70 military bases air to air view military aircraft 1980 s aircrafts public domain aircraft photos 1980 s us national archives
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03/04/1981
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right side view starlifter aircraft b starlifter aircraft airborne division troops airborne division troops zone zone b dragon team dragon team non joint chiefs non joint chiefs airdrop staff airdrop exercise history military airlift military airlift florida side view staff sgt training exercise airborne division eglin air force base c 141 b starlifter c 141 starlifter high resolution c 141 b starlifter aircraft zone b 70 military bases air to air view military aircraft 1980 s aircrafts public domain aircraft photos 1980 s us national archives