Desert near Al Asad, Iraq, Jan. 9, 2005
- Marine Aircraft Group 16, conducted dual point external airlifts
of several old Iraqi armored personnel carriers and two assault
amphibious vehicles.
Vehicles were being moved from Al Asad to an off-base shooting
range used by aircraft from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing for aerial
target practice. |
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| With a wall of sandy
‘rotor-wash’ before them, Helicopter Support Team Marines with
Landing Support Company, Combat Service Support Battalion 7,
1st Force Service Support Group, watch for the approach of a
CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
166 (reinforced), Marine Aircraft Group 16, Jan. 9, 2005, while
sitting on an old Iraqi armored personnel carrier. U.S. Marine
Corps photo by Cpl. Paul Leicht |
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| U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Anson G. Smith,
a 27-year-old landing support specialist from Richland, Wash.,
ensures the dual point lifting system of the CH-53E Super Stallion
clears all obstacles on an assault amphibious vehicle. Smith
needed to ensure the lifting cables remained free from obstruction
so the helicopter could properly lift the vehicle. U.S. Marine
Corps photo by Sgt. Nathan K. LaForte. |
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