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Colored smoke streams from smoke grenades mounted on a 210-foot tower as a 63rd Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft makes a low-altitude pass. Researchers at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory are investigating the wind vortices created by the passage of an aircraft and the effects that those disturbances would have on low-altitude parachute drops

Colored smoke streams from smoke grenades mounted on a 210-foot tower swirls in the wind created by a passing aircraft. Researchers at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory are investigating the wind vortices created by the passage of an aircraft and the effects that those disturbances would have on low-altitude parachute drops

Colored smoke streams from smoke grenades mounted on a 210-foot tower swirls in the wind created by a passing aircraft. Researchers at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory are investigating the wind vortices created by the passage of an aircraft and the effects that those disturbances would have on low-altitude parachute drops

White smoke released from the wing tips of a passing aircraft mingles with the colored smoke released by smoke grenades fitted on a 210-foot tower. Researchers at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory are investigating the wind vortices creasted by the passage of an aircraft and the effects that those disturbances would have on low-altitude parachute drops

A 39th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules aircraft trails white smoke from its wing tips as it passes a 210-foot tower that is fitted with colored smoke grenades. Researchers at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory are investigating the wind vortices created by the passage of an aircraft and the effects that those disturbances would have on low-altitude parachute drops

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) work crew replaces the used smoke grenades in the frames mounted on a 210-foot tower. The smoke grenades are being used by researchers at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory who are investigating the wind vortices created by the passage of an aircraft and the effects that those disturbances would have on low-altitude parachute drops

A C-5A Galaxy aircraft makes a low-altitude run near the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL). Researchers at INEL are investigating the wind vortices created by the passage of an aircraft and the effects that those disturbances would have on low-altitude parachute drops

A worker makes a notation as a C-130 Hercules aircraft passes overhead. Researchers at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory are investigating the wind vortices created by the passage of an aircraft and the effects that those disturbances would have on low-altitude parachute drops

Smoke pours from smoke grenades near a 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130E Hercules aircraft during a simulated attack, part of exercise Bluetail maneuvers, designed to test the operational readiness of the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing and wing tenant organizations

Colored smoke streams from smoke grenades mounted on a 210-foot tower as a 75th Military Airlift Squadron C-5A Galaxy aircraft makes a low-altitude pass. Researchers at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory are investigating the wind vortices created by the passage of an aircraft and the effects that those disturbances would have on low-altitude parachute drops

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Base: Idaho Falls

State: Idaho (ID)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott P. Stewart

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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19/02/1987
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