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Colombian A-37B and U.S. OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft sit on the flight line. Members of the 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron and the 24th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, both based at Howard Air Force Base, Panama, are on a ten-day deployment to cross-train with the Colombian Air Force
Colombian Air Force MAJ Julio Gonzales, foreground, and LT Kenneth Manion of the 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron (24th TASS) strap themselves into the cockpit of an OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft. The 24th TASS and the 24th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, both based at Howard Air Force Base, Panama, are on a ten-day deployment to cross-train with the Colombian Air Force
Two OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft of the 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron (24th TASS) pass over the coast during a training flight. The 24th TASS and the 24th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, both based at Howard Air Force Base, Panama, are on a ten-day deployment to cross-train with the Colombian Air Force
A U.S. Air Force life support specialist checks the flight helmet of a Colombian Air Force officer. Members of the 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron and the 24th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, both based at Howard Air Force Base, Panama, are on a ten-day deployment to cross-train with the Colombian Air Force
LT Kenneth Manion, left, of the 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron (24th TASS) talk with MAJ Julio Gonzales of the Colombian Air Force prior to a flight. The 24th TASS and the 24th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, both based at Howard Air Force Base, Panama, are on a ten-day deployment to cross-train with the Colombian Air Force
Colombian Air Force MAJ Julio Gonzales watches as two maintenance crewmen perform a preflight check on a 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron (24th TASS) OA-37B Dragonfly aircraft. The 24th TASS and the 24th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, both based at Howard Air Force Base, Panama, are on a ten-day deployment to cross-train with the Colombian Air Force
A right side view of an HH-3 Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopter from Detachment 15, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, as it makes its final approach to the mockup Columbia, where pararescuemen have already been dropped during a space shuttle rescue exercise. The exercise is one of several planned to optimize rescue and recovery operations for the real Columbia
A USAF C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 24th Wing (Coronet Oak), 310th Airlift Squadron, Howard Air Force Base, Panama lands on a dirt strip. The aircraft is used to transport people and cargo on a variety of logistical contingency support missions throughout Central and South America. From AIRMAN Magazine's August 1995 issue article "Panama Means Mucho Fishing"
The Armada Republica Colombia (ARC) CALDAS (FM 52) stands plane guard as two F/A 18 Super Hornets launch simultaneously off the flight deck aboard the US Navy (USN) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). The GEORGE WASHINGTON Carrier Strike group is participating in Partnership of the Americas, a maritime training and readiness deployment of the US Naval forces with Caribbean and Latin American countries in support of US Southern Command's (SOUTHCOM)
Colombian Air Force aircraft abandoned due to a lack of spare parts sit in the grass off the flight line. Members of the 24th Tactical Air Support Squadron and the 24th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, both based at Howard Air Force Base, Panama, are in Barranquila on a ten-day deployment to cross-train with the Colombian Air Force
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Barranquilla
Country: Colombia (COL)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Herbert Cintron
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
25/07/1989
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