A C-17 Globemaster III performs engine running offloads of the Army M1 Abrahms tank at the Geronimo Drop Zone, Fort Polk, Louisiana, during a Joint Expeditionary Forces Exercise (JEFEX). This is the first time that the C-17 has carried a tank and it is also the heaviest load to be delivered to this drop zone. The main objective of the JEFEX is to incorporate Air Force and Army initiatives by employing communications systems that enable information flow between forward deployed and rear elements in a joint environment
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Fort Polk
State: Louisiana (LA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lisa M. Zunzanyika, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
09/09/2000
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The U.S. National Archives
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