Sergeant Mcfarland Aikne of the 1ST 508th Airborne Combat Team from Vicenza, Italy aids in the securing of an Army bulldozer into the belly of a C-130 on Thursday 7 June 2001 at Aviano AB, Italy. The pallet will be air dropped into Hungary in support of Exercise LARIAT RESPONSE, a power projection exercise. The exercise is designed to demonstrate NATO's commitment to maintaining peace in the region and the capability to rapidly reinforce coalition forces. It also exercises the U.S. military's ability to conduct combined operations, to include airborne assault and airland training
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: LARIAT RESPONSE
Base: Aviano Air Base
State: Pordenone
Country: Italy (ITA)
Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Staci Clapper
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
07/06/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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