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A UH-1N Iroquois helicopter flies toward the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4) as it lies at anchor prior to taking on equipment for transport to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield

AH-1 Cobra helicopters stand at the Port of Houston in preparation for shipment to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield

UH-1H Iroquois helicopters, some covered with protective wrapping, and other helicopters line a staging area loading aboard the Saudi Arabian roll-on/roll-off cargo ship SAUDI HAIL. The vessel will transport the 101st Combat Group equipment to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield

UH-1 Iroquois helicopters and AH-1 Cobra gunships wrapped in protective covering stand on the deck of a Military Sealift Command vehicle cargo ship in preparation for redeployment to the United States in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 8 (HC-8) UH-46 Sea Knight helicopter hovers over the fast combat support ship USS DETROIT (AOE-4) as it prepares to deliver supplies from the DETROIT to the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during underway replenishment operations. The vessels are in the region in support of Operation Desert Shield

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 8 (HC-8) UH-46 Sea Knight helicopter hovers over the fast combat support ship USS DETROIT (AOE-4) as it prepares to deliver supplies from the DETROIT to the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) during underway replenishment operations. The vessels are in the region in support of Operation Desert Shield

Flight deck crews on board the carrier repositions an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter to prepare for flight operations

A civilian employee stands beside a 101st Combat Group UH-1H Iroquois helicopter at staging area. The unit's equipment is being loaded aboard the Saudi Arabian roll-on/roll-off cargo ship SAUDI HAIL which will transport it to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter delivers supplies to a base camp during Operation Desert Shield

UH-1 Iroquois helicopters stand ready for loading aboard ship for transportation to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

State: Texas (TX)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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30/11/1990
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A UH-1 Iroquois helicopter in flight

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Members of a minehunting unit prepare to lower the sonar device of an AQS-14 minehunting system from a Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter during operations off the coast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The system is being used to locate inert mines planted by U.S. forces as part of a minehunting exercise during Operation Desert Shield

A UH-1 Iroquois helicopter is unloaded from a Military Airlift Command C-5S Galaxy aircraft during Exercise GRANADERO I

A US Marine Corps (USMC) aircrew from Marine Wing Support Squadron-271 (MWSS-271) recovers a downed USMC UH-1 Iroquois helicopter just north of Baghdad, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing flies alongside Falcon as the planes are en route to Saudi Arabia to take part in Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft in the foreground is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles

A UH-1 Iroquois helicopter, carrying General Gustavo Adolfo Alvarez Martinez, chief of the Honduran armed forces, flies over San Estaban Valley. The general is arriving in the area to observe a parachute drop by Honduran troops during Exercise AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) II

An air-to-air right side view of an F-15 Eagle (middle), a Japanese Air SelF Defense Force F-104J Starfighter (bottom), and an F-4J Phantom II aircraft (top), during Exercise Cope North '81-3

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, Middle East Force, conducts a news conference prior to a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility during Operation Desert Storm. The port is being reopened after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 11 (HC-11) UH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, hanging from the side of the destroyer USS FIFE (DD-991) below the helicopter pad, is tied off with support ropes. The helicopter crashed on takeoff due to an engine failure

A right side view of an Army UH-1 Iroquois helicopter being used to shuttle Army personnel and supplies during exercise Brim Frost

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