A Soldier armed with an M16A2 rifle stands guard during the loading of equipment onto a 436th Military Squadron C-5 Galaxy aircraft parked on the flight line. US troops, including members of the 7th Light Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division, spent two weeks participating in a mobilization of US Exercise Task Force DRAGON/GOLDEN PHEASANT. The task force was deployed by President Ronald Reagan to help discourage Nicaraguan forces from entering Honduras
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Palmerola Air Base
Country: Honduras (HND)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Stewart
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/03/1988
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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