US Navy (USN) HH-60H Seahawk helicopters, Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 2 (HS-2), Golden Falcons, and SH-60B Seahawk helicopters, Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light Squadron 47 (HSL-47), Saberhawks, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), California (CA), depart the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) en route to Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. The helicopters are transporting supplies, disaster relief teams and supporting humanitarian airlifts to Tsunami stricken coastal regions. The Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is currently operating in the Indian Ocean off the waters of Indonesia and Thailand in support of Tsunami Humanitarian Relief Efforts
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3(Aw) Tyler J. Clements, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/01/2005
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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