U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Rory Thomas, a crew chief from the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, helps weigh down the back end of an HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter from the 33rd Rescue Squadron as it is loaded into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., during Operation Unified Assistance at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on Jan. 3, 2004. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Heather Tower) (Released)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Kadena Air Base
State: Okinawa
Country: Japan (JPN)
Scene Camera Operator: A1C Heather Tower, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
03/01/2005
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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