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Dan O'Brien, Olympic gold medallist in the Decathlon, gives a "thumbs up" before his flight with the Air Force Thunderbirds

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Base: Fairchild Air Force Base

State: Washington (WA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Mathew T. Nisotis

Release Status: Released to Public

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12/09/1996
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US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Dan Lapastole (foreground) and USAF Captain (CPT) Esther Bley, both HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter Pilots assigned to the 129th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), talk inside the cockpit of their aircraft at Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey, while deployed in support of Operation NORTHERN WATCH

Straight on, close-up shot of US Army SPECIALIST Chad SENIOR in his Fencing attire. SPC SENIOR, a member of the US Army's World Class Athlete program, works out in a local Sydney, Australia, youth gymnasium in preparation for the Modern Pentathlon, on September 30th, 2000 during the Olympic games

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