Straight on long shot as US Army troops from the 1ST of the 508th Infantry Airborne Battalion Combat Team (ABCT), 173rd Airborne Brigade, prepare to load onto a row of US Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo planes from the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The Army paratroopers will be dropped over a drop zone at Grafenwohr, Germany. This mission is in direct support of Operation Lion Drop 12
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: LION DROP 12
Base: Ramstein Air Base
State: Rheinland-Pfalz
Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
09/08/2000
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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