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Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) gather up their gear in a hangar as they prepare to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) board a chartered airliner as they begin their journey to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) sit in a hangar as they wait to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) disembark from buses at the airfield as they begin their journey to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) have lunch while waiting for their flight to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) pass the time in a hangar as they wait to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. A CH-54 Tarhe helicopter is in the background

Support personnel of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing wait to board an aircraft for a flight to Saudi Arabia to take part in Operation Desert Shield

Members of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing wait for their paperwork to be processed as they prepare to deploy to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) line up for a late-night meal while waiting to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield

Soldiers from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) wait to board an aircraft to begin their journey to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Storm

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Base: Hunter Army Air Field

State: Georgia(GA)

Country: United States Of America(USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Don Teft

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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24/08/1990
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label_outline Explore Hunter Army Air Field, Operation Desert Storm, Infantry Division

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Members of C Btry., 1ST Bn., 319th Air Field Arty. Regt., secure M-102 105mm towed howitzers to the slings of 2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Brigade UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters for a two-gun raid training mission during Operation Desert Shield

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