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Members of the A-10 recovery team climb to the snow covered upper debris field to begin a subsurface search using their Schonstadt Magnetic Influence Detectors

Members of the A-10 recovery team climb to the snow covered upper debr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

Members of the A-10 recovery team climb to the snow covered upper debris field to begin a subsurface search using their Schonstadt Magnetic Influence Detectors

Members of the A-10 recovery team climb to the snow covered upper debr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

Union Beach, N.J., Nov. 14, 2012 -- A State Trooper from Michigan surveys the debris field that still remains two weeks after Hurricane Sandy hit. Police have been sent in from all over the country to assist in security efforts. FEMA is working with state and local officials to assist residents who were affected by Hurricane Sandy. Photo by Liz Roll/FEMA

Union Beach, N.J., Nov. 14, 2012 -- A State Trooper from Michigan surv...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2012-11-14 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Liz Roll City/State: Union Beach, NJ Disasters: New Jersey Hurricane Sandy (DR-4086) Disaster Types: Hurri... More

A pararescueman hangs by a hoist cable from a CH-47 helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard, as he is transported from the upper rock face to the lower A-10 debris field. Pararescueman MSGT Rick Weaver stands on the snow covered slope to guide his team member in

A pararescueman hangs by a hoist cable from a CH-47 helicopter from De...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

Debris washes up on a beach along the northern side

Debris washes up on a beach along the northern side

Debris washes up on a beach along the northern side of Clatsop Spit, Ore., May 13, 2019. The debris is from the 38-foot commercial fishing vessel Theron, which grounded on the spit earlier that morning after th... More

Three Air Force recovery team members survey the snow covered debris field, part of which can be seen in the foreground, near the A-10 crash site

Three Air Force recovery team members survey the snow covered debris f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eagle State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Accident Investigation Board members search the debris field for clues to determine why the A-10 crashed

Accident Investigation Board members search the debris field for clues...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist SSGT James Rutske conductsa subsurface search with their Schontadt Magnetic influence Detectors on the upper debris field of the A-10 crash site

Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist SSGT James Rutske conductsa sub...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

The GAU-8 30mm cannon from the A-10 lays on the floor after being recovered from the upper debris field near Gold Dust Peak

The GAU-8 30mm cannon from the A-10 lays on the floor after being reco...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eagle State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Moore, Okla., June 7, 2013 -- A child's toy bear lies in the debris field of a May 20 tornado destroyed home near Plaza Towers Elementary School where there were several fatalities. FEMA is here to provide Individual Assistance including temporary housing assistance for eligible survivors. George Armstrong/FEMA

Moore, Okla., June 7, 2013 -- A child's toy bear lies in the debris fi...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-06-07 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: George Armstrong City/State: Moore, OK Keywords: Individual Assistance child debris damage destroyed home ^... More

An Army UH-1N helicopter assigned to the High Altitude Training School (HATS) makes a perfect landing at the "ouch" pad near the lower debris field near Gold Dust Peak to bring in additional personnel to search the A-10 crash site

An Army UH-1N helicopter assigned to the High Altitude Training School...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eagle State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Released to Pub... More

SRA James Ruth (right), an Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist, uses a metal detector to search for bombs and other ammunition that the A-10 carried before crashing into the slopes near Eagle. TSGT Jeff Thomas (left) follows behind. Other recovery team members can be seen near the debris field

SRA James Ruth (right), an Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist, use...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist SRA Kelly Roy sits in a CH-47 helicopter as he prepares to be lowered to the upper debris field of the A-10 crash site. The CH-47 is assigned to Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard

Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist SRA Kelly Roy sits in a CH-47 h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

SRA James Ruth (right), an Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist, uses a metal detector to search for bombs and other ammunition that the A-10 carried before crashing into the slopes near Eagle. TSGT Jeff Thomas (left) follows behind. Other recovery team members can be seen near the debris field

SRA James Ruth (right), an Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist, use...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - San Leon, Texas, October 14, 2008 -- Harry McClard, a FEMA contract housing inspector, looks over debris on 8th Street where a house once stood. Hurricane Ike struck one month ago, damaging or destroying every house on this street, which runs along Galveston Bay. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - San Leon, Texas, October 14, 2008 -- Harry ...

The original database describes this as: Title: Debris field with a FEMA inspector in Texas Production Date: 10/14/2008 Caption: San Leon, Texas, October 14, 2008 -- Harry McClard, a FEMA contract housing in... More

Members of the A-10 recovery team climb to the upper debris field to begin a subsurface search using their Schonstadt Magnetic Influence Detectors

Members of the A-10 recovery team climb to the upper debris field to b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

The GAU-8 30mm cannon from the A-10 lays on the floor after being recovered from the upper debris field near Gold Dust Peak

The GAU-8 30mm cannon from the A-10 lays on the floor after being reco...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eagle State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Mayflower, AR, May 4, 2014 – Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson surveys a debris field on Plantation Drive in Mayflower, Arkansas, after Mayflower was struck by an EF-4 tornado on April 27. FEMA assists individuals and supports local, state and tribal governments in their efforts to recover from natural disasters. Photo by Christopher Mardorf / FEMA

Mayflower, AR, May 4, 2014 – Department of Homeland Security (DHS) S...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2014-05-04 10:13:07 UTC Photographer Name: Christopher Mardorf City/State: Mayflower, AR Disasters: Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding (D... More

Unified Command response teams assess damages of Shuyak Strait oil spill

Unified Command response teams assess damages of Shuyak Strait oil spi...

A debris field is shown at the oil spill site at Port William, in Shuyak Strait near Kodiak, Alaska, March 2, 2018. The deflated, black fuel bladder is shown in the middle of the photo. Photo courtesy of Alaska... More

An Army UH-1N helicopter from the High Altitude Training Squadron (HATS) flies above the "ouch" pad touch down point, near the lower debris field, as it brings in more personnel for the A-10 recovery effort. Some of the recovery team members can be seen at the bottom of the frame

An Army UH-1N helicopter from the High Altitude Training Squadron (HAT...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

A destroyed Iraqi BMT-2 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV), sits in a debris field near a Baghdad street during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A destroyed Iraqi BMT-2 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV), sits in a deb...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Nu'Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Alicia M. Anderson, USMC Release Status: R... More

The North Jetty near Coos Bay, Ore., is pictured after

The North Jetty near Coos Bay, Ore., is pictured after

The North Jetty near Coos Bay, Ore., is pictured after crab fishing vessel Eagle III broke up, Jan. 20, 2016. The debris field congregated along the north side of the North Jetty, with some debris migrating wit... More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal members conduct a subsurface search with their Schontadt Magnetic influence Detectors on the upper debris field of the A-10 crash site

Explosive Ordnance Disposal members conduct a subsurface search with t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

Members of the A-10 recovery team ascend the upper A-10 debris field with the aid of ropes as they prepare to conduct a subsurface search with their Schonstadt Magnetic Influence Detectors

Members of the A-10 recovery team ascend the upper A-10 debris field w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

Mayflower, AR, May 4, 2014 – FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) Timothy Scranton surveys a debris field in Mayflower, Arkansas, after Mayflower was struck by an EF-4 tornado on April 27. FEMA assists individuals and supports local, state and tribal governments in their efforts to recover from natural disasters. Photo by Christopher Mardorf / FEMA

Mayflower, AR, May 4, 2014 – FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO)...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2014-05-04 10:50:00 UTC Photographer Name: Christopher Mardorf City/State: Mayflower, AR Disasters: Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding (D... More

An Army UH-1N helicopter assigned to the High Altitude Training Squadron touches down on the "ouch" pad near the lower debris field to deliver additional personnel for the A-10 recovery effort

An Army UH-1N helicopter assigned to the High Altitude Training Squadr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

BGEN Donald A. Streater, (left, with white helmet), commander of the A-10 recovery effort, conduct an on-site interview at the base of the lower debris field, for Combat Camera videographer TSGT Jeff Dale

BGEN Donald A. Streater, (left, with white helmet), commander of the A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

MSGT Mark Ledford, the A-10 representative, looks through an A-10 debris pile at the lower debris field

MSGT Mark Ledford, the A-10 representative, looks through an A-10 debr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

SSGT John J. Holland, Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist, is lowered to the upper debris field of the A-10 crash site through the hatch in a CH-47 from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard

SSGT John J. Holland, Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist, is lower...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

Moore, Okla., June 7, 2013 -- A child's toy car is in the debris field of a destroyed home near the Plaza Towers Elementary School where there were several child fatalities. Debris contractors are clearing this area today. George Armstrong/FEMA

Moore, Okla., June 7, 2013 -- A child's toy car is in the debris field...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-06-07 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: George Armstrong City/State: Moore, OK Keywords: child's toy debris destroyed home damage ^ Damage ^ Debris... More

Moore, Okla., May 23, 2013 -- As result of the deadly May 20 tornado this neighborhood is now a debris field. FEMA Individual Assistance housing and other services can help eligible storm survivors recover and FEMA Public Assistance funds can help finance governmental costs for debris removal. George Armstrong/FEMA

Moore, Okla., May 23, 2013 -- As result of the deadly May 20 tornado t...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: George Armstrong City/State: Moore, OK Keywords: Individual Assistance debris Public Assistance ^ Debris ^ ... More

COl Flip Frazee (left) and 1LT Eric Soto (right), investigators for the Accident Investigation Board, check the debris field for clues to determine why the A-10 crashed

COl Flip Frazee (left) and 1LT Eric Soto (right), investigators for th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

Members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team sweep the A-10 debris field with a MK-26 Ferrous Ordnance Locator which is capable of locating objects up to 14 feet under the snow

Members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team sweep the A-10 debris ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) member conducts a subsurface search with a MK-26 Ferrous Ordnance Locator on the snow covered upper debris field of the A-10 crash site. The MK-26 enables EOD members to locate metal objects up to 14 feet under the snow

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) member conducts a subsurface search ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

Pararescueman MSGT Rick Weaver "recovers" after the Colorado Army National Guard's High Altitude Training Squadron UH-1N helicopter departs the "ouch" landing zone at the base of the A-10 debris field as another member (upper right corner) of the recovery team crouches down

Pararescueman MSGT Rick Weaver "recovers" after the Colorado Army Nati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

A section of the A-10's TF-34 high pressure turbine engine lays on the hangar floor after being recovered from the upper debris field near Gold Dust Peak

A section of the A-10's TF-34 high pressure turbine engine lays on the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eagle State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Released to Pub... More

[Hurricane Katrina] Delisle, MS, October 9, 2007 -- FEMA operations specialist Mark Reyes points out a debris field that was discovered last spring in a wetland area near St. Louis Bay. FEMA is funding the wet debris removal project. Jennifer Smits/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Delisle, MS, October 9, 2007 -- FEMA operations sp...

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Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, December 6, 2008 -- A body recovery team gets a safety briefing just before starting the day searching a debris field. Teams including cadaver locating dogs are sweeping the debris left from Hurricane Ike, enabling debris clean-up crews to move in with certainty that no human remains are there. FEMA supports this and many other efforts in communities recovering from a disaster. Mike Moore/FEMA

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, December 6, 2008 ...

The original database describes this as: Title: Recovery team gets safety briefing before searching in Texas Production Date: 12/06/2008 Caption: Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, December 6, 2008 -- A body recovery... More

Members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team sweep the A-10 debris field with a MK-26 Ferrous Ordnance Locator which is capable of locating objects up to 14 feet under the snow

Members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team sweep the A-10 debris ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

1LT Eric Soto, a member of the Accident Investigation Board for the A-10 crash checks the debris field for clues why the aircraft crashed. A UH-1N helicopter belonging to the Army's High Altitude Training School can be seen in the background

1LT Eric Soto, a member of the Accident Investigation Board for the A-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eagle State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Pararescueman SMSGT Paul Miller (left) and Explosive Ordnance Disposal member TSGT Jeff Thomas check on the progress of other pararescuemen ascending the snow covered slope towards the debris field near the A-10 crash site

Pararescueman SMSGT Paul Miller (left) and Explosive Ordnance Disposal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eagle State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Members of the A-10 recovery team climb to the upper debris field to begin a subsurface search using their Schonstadt Magnetic Influence Detectors

Members of the A-10 recovery team climb to the upper debris field to b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

Mr. Frank Czajkowski (left), the unexploded ordnance project leader for CMS Environmental, stands by as MSGT Mark Ledford (center), the A-10 representative, and 1LT Eric J. Soto (right), an Accident Investigation Board member, look through a debris pile at the lower debris field

Mr. Frank Czajkowski (left), the unexploded ordnance project leader fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

1LT Eric J. Soto, an Accident Investigation Board member, looks through an A-10 debris pile at the lower debris field

1LT Eric J. Soto, an Accident Investigation Board member, looks throug...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

Due to the high winds at the upper helicopter landing site, MSGT Mark Ledford (left), the A-10 representative, and 1LT Eric J. Soto, Accident Investigation Board member, carefully descend from the lower debris field to another landing site where the winds are calmer and a pickup by a helicopter is possible

Due to the high winds at the upper helicopter landing site, MSGT Mark ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David W. Richards Release Status: Releas... More

Moore, Okla., May 26, 2013 -- A survivor of the deadly May 20 tornado stands and stares in the debris field that once was his home. FEMA is here to provide Individual Assistance including housing assistance to eligible applicants. George Armstrong/FEMA

Moore, Okla., May 26, 2013 -- A survivor of the deadly May 20 tornado ...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-05-26 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: George Armstrong City/State: Moore, OK Keywords: Damage Individual Assistance housing assistance ^ Damage ^... More

Debris washes up on a beach along the northern side

Debris washes up on a beach along the northern side

Debris washes up on a beach along the northern side of Clatsop Spit, Ore., May 13, 2019. The debris is from the 38-foot commercial fishing vessel Theron, which grounded on the spit earlier that morning after th... More

Debris washes up on a beach along the northern side

Debris washes up on a beach along the northern side

Debris washes up on a beach along the northern side of Clatsop Spit, Ore., May 13, 2019. The debris is from the 38-foot commercial fishing vessel Theron, which grounded on the spit earlier that morning after th... More

Debris washes up on a beach along the northern side

Debris washes up on a beach along the northern side

Debris washes up on a beach along the northern side of Clatsop Spit, Ore., May 13, 2019. The debris is from the 38-foot commercial fishing vessel Theron, which grounded on the spit earlier that morning after th... More

Debris from the commercial fishing vessel Eagle III

Debris from the commercial fishing vessel Eagle III

Debris from the commercial fishing vessel Eagle III washes up near the beach after it broke up along the North Jetty near Coos Bay, Ore., Jan. 20, 2016. An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station North B... More

US COAST GUARD Debris Field FLORIDA

US COAST GUARD Debris Field FLORIDA

ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. - The U.S. Coast Guard is asking members of the public to help identify the source of a large debris field, which included this large portion of a vessel, spotted Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, in... More

US COAST GUARD Debris Field FLORIDA

US COAST GUARD Debris Field FLORIDA

ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. - The U.S. Coast Guard is asking members of the public to help identify the source of a large debris field, which included this large portion of a vessel, spotted Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, in... More

Debris washes up on a beach along the northern side

Debris washes up on a beach along the northern side

Debris washes up on a beach along the northern side of Clatsop Spit, Ore., May 13, 2019. The debris is from the 38-foot commercial fishing vessel Theron, which grounded on the spit earlier that morning after th... More

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Jeffrey Geiser

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Jeffrey Geiser

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Jeffrey Geiser places a marker in the debris field of an Ilyushin 76 aircraft off the coast of Entebbe, Uganda, April 1, 2009. The aircraft crashed in Lake Victoria March 9... More

Personal items are grouped on board a Coast Guard 45-foot

Personal items are grouped on board a Coast Guard 45-foot

Personal items are grouped on board a Coast Guard 45-foot response boat medium after they were located within a debris field off the coast of Sanibel, Florida., June 22, 2016. The personal items are believed to... More

Debris from the commercial fishing vessel Eagle III

Debris from the commercial fishing vessel Eagle III

Debris from the commercial fishing vessel Eagle III collects along the North Jetty near Coos Bay, Ore., Jan. 20, 2016. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 13th District Command Center were notified of the vessel’s... More

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