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JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....The nose of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft of the 436th Military Airlift Wing opens to deliver the bodies of the sailors who died in the 16-inch gun turret explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Navy personnel board the open nose of the C-5 Galaxy aircraft which transported the bodies of the 47 sailors killed aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) by an explosion in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....The C-5 Galaxy aircraft which flew the casualties of the USS Iowa (BB-61) 16-inch gun turret explosion from Puerto Rico, during ceremonies for the battleship's 47 sailors who died in the blast. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Sailors enter the nose of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft of the 436th Military Airlift Wing. The C-5 has transported the bodies of the sailors who died in the 16-inch gun turret explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Descending the ramp of the C-5 Galaxy aircraft that flew the casualties from Puerto Rico, pallbearers carry the casket of one of the 47 sailors who died when an explosion ripped through the No. 2 16-inch gun turret of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....An officer and sailors stand before the caskets containing the bodies of the 47 sailors who died in the 16-inch gun turret explosion on the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....After ceremonies for the seamen who died in the 16-inch gun turret explosion on the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), officers and sailors walk off the flight line. The bodies of the 47 casualties have just been flown to the continental United States. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Navy pallbearers carry the remains of one of the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The explosion occurred in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Navy pallbearers carry the remains of one of the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The explosion occurred in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....The nose of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft of the 436th Military Airlift Wing opens to deliver the bodies of the sailors who died in the 16-inch gun turret explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

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A C-5 Galaxy aircraft is unloaded at sunrise during exercise BRIGHT STAR '80

Straight on, close-up shot of the gun turret on a Somali, Italian made, Fiat-Oto Melara Type 6616 Armored Car. The bent gun turret points down and to the right. It was seized from Somali Warlord General Aideed's weapons cantonment area. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Timothy J. Wrighton (left), Commander, 452nd Air Mobility Wing; USAF Major (MAJ) Tim Harris; Mr. Johnny Grant, Honorary Mayor of Hollywood, creator of the Hollywood Walk of Fame; USAF Major General (MGEN) James P. Czekanski, Commander, 4TH Air Force and Mr. Mike Tillemann, Hollywood Films National, pose for a photograph in front of a USAF C-141B Starlifter aircraft, on the flight line at March Air Reserve Base (ARB), California (CA). Mr. Grant presented MGEN Czekanski with videotapes of Oscar nominated movies to be flown overseas for the entertainment of American troops deployed in Afghanistan

U.S. Army personnel, dressed in combat gear with weapons, from the 3/15 Infantry, 24th Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, wait in a grassy area to board a helicopter at Port au Prince International Airport, Haiti during Operation Uphold Democracy. A C-5 Galaxy aircraft is in the background. U.S. military forces are in Haiti to preserve law and order and to restore the democratic government of President Aristide

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An HC-130P Hercules aircraft stands in the background with engines running as members of a recovery team walk along the flight line following their arrival at Gambela South Airport. The airport is the center of operations for forces that have arrived to recover the bodies of Texas Rep. George T. (Mickey) Leland and members of his delegation. A search was initiated after the plane transporting Leland and 15 other people was reported missing en route to a refugee camp near the Sudanese border. The efforts resulted in discovery of the downed aircraft on a remote mountainside

Air Force and civilian personnel push a pallet of ammunition toward the back of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The C-5 is being used to transport 155 mm M198 howitzers and ammunition to Thailand

Project HOPE volunteer Michele Okamoto, administers an Electrocardiogram (EKG) on a patient at the Medical Treatment Facility US Military Sealift Command (MSC) Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) during a humanitarian assistance mission.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Timothy F. Sosa) (Released)

A medical bus backs up to the ramp of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft of the 437th Military Airlift Wing during Exercise TAC/STRAT MED EVAC

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