Members of the 1ST Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Division, 82nd Airborne Division, redeploy into the field around the air base after being dropped off by helicopter. The troops are participating in a mobilization of US Exercise Task Force DRAGON/GOLDEN PHEASANT, consisting of both the 82nd Airborne Division and the 7th Light Infantry Division. 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:
Base: Palmerola Air Base
Country: Honduras (HND)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT 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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