US Air Force (USAF) Ambulances from the 65th Medical Group (MG), Lajes Field, Azores, pull on to the flightline to take six rescued astronauts to the hospital for examination during a Space Shuttle Recovery Exercise at Lajes Field. The exercise partners the 65th Air Base Wing (ABW) and the Portuguese Air Force (PAF) annually testing the team's ability to react during a NASA space shuttle emergency
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Lajes Field
State: Azores
Country: Portugal (PRT)
Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
Scene Camera Operator: CIV Guido Melo, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
09/02/2004
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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