From Clark Airfield, Philippines, with Mount Arayat in the background, a US Air Force (USAF) MC-130P Combat Shadow, 17th Special Operation Squadron (SOS), 353rd Special Operations Group (SOG), Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan, takes off for an airdrop mission during exercise PISTON BALANCE 03-5. The joint exercise designed to improve the interoperability and tactical proficiency of the armed forces between the US and the Philippines
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: BALANCE PISTON 03-5
Base: Clark Field
State: Luzon
Country: Philippines
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
04/02/2003
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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