US Navy (USN) Admiral (ADM) Thomas Fargo, Commander, Pacific Fleet, looks on as USN Lieutenant (LT) Shane Osborn, Commander of the USN EP-3 "Aries II" aircraft, involved in the March 31st accident with a Chinese F-8 aircraft, addresses the crowd at Hickam AFB, Hawaii (HI). The aircrafts crewmembers arrived at Hickam AFB, HI from Andersen AFB Guam, as a part of Operation VALIANT RETURN. The EP-3 crewmembers were detained in China for 17-days prior to being released
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT RETURN
Base: Hickam Air Force Base
State: Hawaii (HI)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: USPACOM
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Elizabeth L. Burke, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
12/04/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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