Onboard the US Navy (USN) Salvage Ship, USS SAFEGUARD (ARS 50), USN crew members and Sailors assigned to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1 (MDSU-1) successfully completed a salvage mission, with the recovery of the main engine, and a majority of components, including the data recording devices, from a US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft that crashed into the Yellow Sea near Kunsan Air Base (AB), Republic of Korea (ROK). The real-world salvage effort is being conducted as part of Salvage Exercise (SALVEX 06)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Safeguard (ARS 50)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Melissa Allan, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
08/05/2006
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Source
The U.S. National Archives
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