A ski equipped US Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter flies over the Italian Alps. The Army's 502nd Echo Company, Aviation Regiment routinely does mountain training in the Italian Alps, near their home station of Aviano Air Base, Italy. The Chinook was outfitted with skis to perform mountain landings in the snow, enhancing the regiment's effectiveness in the mountains
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Italian Alps, Aviano Air Base
Country: Italy (ITA)
Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Mike Reinhardt
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
31/03/1995
Location
Aviano AFB IT, 46.03333, 12.61667
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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