Navy Journalist 2nd Class Tom Gelsanliter video tapes a Russian KA-25 "Helix" helicopter, as it lands on the deck of U.S. Navy's Ticonderoga Class Cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) February 23, 1996. The "helix" is stationed on the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov (CV 063). Admiral Kuznetsov recently conducted official naval training exercises with the San Jacinto while both ships operated in the central Mediterranean, 23 and 24 February 1996. USS San Jacinto is part of the battle group assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR
Base: USS San Jacinto (CG 56)
Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Todd Summerlin (USN)
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
23/02/1996
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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