C-141B Starlifter aircraft carrying U.S. soldiers taxi along the flight line. U.S. troops, including members of the 7th Light Infantry Division and 82nd Airborne division, spent two weeks participating in a mobilization of U.S. exercise task force Dragon/Golden Pheasant. The task force was deployed by President Ronald Reagan to help discourage Nicaraguan forces from entering Honduras
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DRAGON/GOLDEN PHEASANT
Base: Palmerola Air Base
Country: Honduras (HND)
Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott Stewart
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/03/1988
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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