At approximately 11:45 PM (JST), The bodies of three US service members arrived at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, onboard a C-130 Hercules. Aircrew members render a salute as an Army and Air Force joint honor guard team, carry one of the transfer cases off the aircraft. Names are being with held pending notification to next of kin. The three were recovered from the crash of a US Army MH-47E Chinook in the Bohol Sea near the island of Apo. The Chinook carried eight US Army personnel, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and two US Air Force para-rescue jumpers, 320th Special Tactics Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Kadena Air Base
State: Okinawa
Country: Japan (JPN)
Scene Major Command Shown: PACOM
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mary L. Smith, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
23/02/2002
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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