Romanian Air Force Captain, Florin Calin, and US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Russell, share a candid moment prior to the takeoff on an US C-130 Hercules aircraft during the Partnership for Peace exercise COOPERATIVE KEY '96 taking place at Otopeni Air Base just north of Romania's capitol. The exercise involves Air Force training in operational and logistical interoperability procedures based on a humanitarian relief scenario. Participating NATO Air Forces from Greece, Italy, Turkeyand the United States will join the nations of Slovakia, Muldavia, Czech Republic and the host nation Romania
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE KEY '96
Base: Otopeni Air Base, Bucharest
Country: Romania (ROM)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John E. Lasky, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
16/10/1996
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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