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Military vehicles belonging to the 1ST, 147th Aviation Battalion arrive at Biggs Army Air Field. The 147th will provide UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter support during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise
A Member of 1ST, 147th Aviation Battalion guide a military vehicle off a train car at Biggs Army Air Field's railhead. The 147th will provide UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter support during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise
Military vehicles belonging to the 1ST, 147th Aviation Battalion arrive by train at Biggs Army Air Field. The 147th will provide UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter support during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise
A member of the 1ST 147th Aviation Battalion, United States Army, unloads military vehicles from train cars at Biggs Army Airfield, El Paso, Texas. The vehicles will be used in support of helicopter operations during ROVING SANDS '97. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a joint environment to hone command and control procedures and integrate new systems in Theater and Air Missile Defense
A view of several C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 773rd Tactical Airlift Squadron parked on the taxiway. The C-130s will be used in support of the combined United States/Honduran training operation "AHUAS TAR" (BIG PINE)
Staff Sergeant (SSGT) John Santos, 254th Civil Engineering Flight, directs a dump truck driver delivering fill dirt to a runway repair site during a Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force and Prime Readiness in Base Services group-coordination exercise. The exercise is designed to consolidate the skills of civil engineering and services groups into a single unit capable of deploying to areas in need of emergency aid
Members of B Troop, 1ST Battalion, 17th Cavalry, unload a UH-1H Iroquois helicopter from the cargo hold of a C-5A Galaxy aircraft of the 436th Military Airlift Wing. The helicopter will be used to support Honduran ground forces during the combined United States/Honduran training operation "AHUAS TARA" (BIG PINE)
SPECIALIST Winkelmann, US Army, helps guide a locomotive to the depot at Biggs Army Airfield, El Paso, Texas. The train is loaded with military vehicles to be used in support of helicopter operations during ROVING SANDS '97. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a joint environment to hone command and control procedures and integrate new systems in Theater and Air Missile Defense
Sergeant D. Van Berg of the Dutch Army gives a thumbs up to signal the next vehicle to depart the train and move on. The vehicles will be used in support of the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise
SPC Espada, locomotive engineer, guides a locomotive loaded with vehicles to the depot at Biggs Army Air Field. The vehicles will be used for support of the 1ST, 147th Aviation Battalion's UH-60 helicopters during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97
Base: El Paso
State: Texas (TX)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jim Shryne
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
17/04/1997
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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