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After being dropped off at the "Hook" landing zone by a CH-47 helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard, the A-10 recovery team members face an 800 foot climb and a 2,000 foot traverse to the debris fields

After a long day searching for debris from the A-10 that crashed into the snow covered slopes, a CH-47 from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard transports pararescuemen to the valley below. Additional members of the recovery team can be seen still on the slopes

An Army CH-47 helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard, prepares to pick up members of the A-10 recovery team who have been searching the slopes for debris from the crashed aircraft

An A-10 recovery team member is suspended by a hoist cable from a CH-47 helicopter assigned to Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard as he receives a familiarization training. The use of the hoist will enable recovery team members to search in areas inaccessible by foot

An Army CH-47 helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard prepares to land at the lower landing zone to drop off A-10 recovery team members

A CH-47 helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard lands near the A-10 crash site to pick up members of the crash recovery team seen walking towards the rear of the aircraft

An A-10 recovery team member is suspended by a hoist cable from a CH-47 helicopter assigned to Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard as he receives a familiarization training. The use of the hoist will enable recovery team members to search in areas inaccessible by foot

A pararescueman hangs by a hoist cable from a CH-47 helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard, as he is transported from the upper rock face to the lower A-10 debris field. Pararescueman MSGT Rick Weaver stands on the snow covered slope to guide his team member in

Members of the A-10 recovery team exit the CH-47 helicopter after returning from searching the Gold Dust Peak area where the A-10 crashed. The helicopter is assigned to Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard

Members of the A-10 recovery team are transported to the "Hook" landing zone by a CH-47 helicopter assigned to Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard. From there the search team members will face an 800 foot climb and traverse about 2,000 feet over snow and boulder fields

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Base: Gold Dust Peak

State: Colorado (CO)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards

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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

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