Onlookers watch from the railing as a 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron EC-130E Hercules aircraft starts its engines prior to taking off on a search and rescue (SAR) mission. The aircraft is electronically equipped to maintain communcations between units taking part in SAR efforts for Texas Rep. George T. (Mickey) Leland and members of his delegation. A search was initiated after the plane transporting Leland and 15 other people was reported missing en route to a refugee camp near the Sudanese border
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Addis Ababa
Country: Ethiopia (ETH)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Thompson
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/08/1989
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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