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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kenneth De Gracia, a personnel

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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kenneth De Gracia, a personnel recovery team member assigned to the 673d Force Support Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, searches for crash remains at Colony Glacier, Alaska, June 18, 2020. In November 1952, a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster II crashed into nearby Mount Gannett in the Chugach Mountains killing all 52 people on board. The recovery effort has taken place every summer since 2012 by personnel from Alaskan Command, Alaska National Guard, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, U.S. Army Alaska, 673d Air Base Wing, 3rd Wing and Detachment 1, 66th Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Valdes Montijo)

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mountains afmao jber colony glacier 2020 senior airman jonathan valdes air force mortuary affairs operations joint base elmendorf richardson ak operation colony glacier unearths secrets of decades old aircraft crash dvids ultra high resolution high resolution alaska glacier ice arctic landscape
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18/06/2020
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label_outline Explore Colony Glacier 2020, Operation Colony Glacier Unearths Secrets Of Decades Old Aircraft Crash, Afmao

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mountains afmao jber colony glacier 2020 senior airman jonathan valdes air force mortuary affairs operations joint base elmendorf richardson ak operation colony glacier unearths secrets of decades old aircraft crash dvids ultra high resolution high resolution alaska glacier ice arctic landscape