The crew from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Five (HCS-5), Firehawks from Point Mugu, California, look over their 7.63 mm M134 Minigun machine gun mounted on a SH-60H Seahawk helicopter in preparation for a Familiarization flight and gunnery exercise in the Shoalwater Bay training area. The SH-60H Seahawks will be stationed out of Gladstone Airport and support special warfare operations. Exercise TANDEM THRUST is a combined U.S., Australian, and Canadian military training exercise. This biannual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 01
Base: Gladstone Port
State: Queensland
Country: Australia (AUS)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy Lock, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
07/05/2001
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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