Honduran soldiers from the 1ST Artillery Battalion observe as an AH-1 Cobra helicopter from the 17th Air Cavalry Brigade is armed with missiles and 20mm ammunition prior to a combat run on the Camp Del Balomple Range. President Ronald Reagan mobilized U.S. exercise task force Dragon/Golden Pheasant, consisting of both the 82nd Airborne Division and the 7th Light Infantry Division, to help discourage Nicaraguan forces from entering Honduras
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DRAGON/GOLDEN PHEASANT
Base: Zambrano
Country: Honduras (HND)
Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Bob Simons
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/03/1988
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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