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Aviation Ordnance CHIEF George Wilson (center, background) watch as Naval Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit 7 technicians Signalman First Class Joel Blea and Quartermaster Second Class Gary Hakes, using face mask and snorkel, search in one of the ponds west of New York Lake for remnants of four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak

Aviation Ordnance CHIEF George Wilson (lower left) and another Navy member (in background) assist as Naval Explosive Ordnance technicians Signalman First Class Joel Blea (foreground) and Quartermaster Second Class Gary Hakes, using face mask and snorkel, swim in one of the ponds west of New York Lake in search of remnants of four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak

Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians Signalman First Class Gary Hakes (right), wearing wet suit, face mask and snorkel, complete their search of the ponds west of New York Lake for four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak. The men are part of the Navy's Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California assisting in the A-10 recovery effort

Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians Signalman First Class Joel Blea (left) and Quartermaster Second Class Gary Hakes (right) remove their swim fins after completing their search of one of the ponds west of New York Lake for four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak. The men are part of the Navy's Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California assisting in the A-10 recovery effort

Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 7 technician Signalman First Class Joel Blea (center) gets some assistance suiting up from Aviation Ordnance CHIEF George Wilson as Quartermaster Second Class Gary Hakes looks on. Blea and Hakes prepare to search the ponds west of New York Lake for any remnants of four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak

Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians Quartermaster Second Class Gary Hakes (left), and Signalman First Class Joel Blea (right), wearing wet suit, face mask and snorkel, complete their search of one of the ponds west of New York Lake for four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak. The men are part of the Navy's Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California assisting in the A-10 recovery effort

Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 7 technicians Signalman First Class Joel Blea (foreground) and Quartermaster Second Class Gary Hakes prepare to swim in one of the ponds west of New York Lake in search of remnants of four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak

Aviation Ordnanceman CHIEF George Wilson (left) and Storekeeper First Class Alan Beaty (right) load their outboard motor into the Zodiac boat on New York Lake where the Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California will search for remnants of the four 500 pound bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed near Gold Dust Peak

Aviation Ordnanceman First Class Bradley Bunde (left) and Electrician Technician First Class Ray Cole (right) prepare to place a marker on the lake surface during their search for the 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak

Aviation Ordnance CHIEF George Wilson (lower left) watch as Naval Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit 7 technicians Signalman First Class Joel Blea (foreground) and Quartermaster Second Class Gary Hakes, using face mask and snorkel, search in one of the ponds west of New York Lake for remnants of four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak

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Base: New York Lake

State: Colorado (CO)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards

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