Members of the 1ST Bn., 504th Parachute Inf. Regt., 82nd Abn. Div., board UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters for transport back to Palmerola Air Base. The men are participating in a mobilization of U.S. exercise task force Dragon/Golden Pheasant, consisting of both the 82nd Airborne Division and the 7th Light Infantry Division. The task force was deployed by President Ronald Reagan to help discourage Nicaraguan forces from entering Honduras

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Members of the 1ST Bn., 504th Parachute Inf. Regt., 82nd Abn. Div., board UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters for transport back to Palmerola Air Base. The men are participating in a mobilization of U.S. exercise task force Dragon/Golden Pheasant, consisting of both the 82nd Airborne Division and the 7th Light Infantry Division. The task force was deployed by President Ronald Reagan to help discourage Nicaraguan forces from entering Honduras

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: DRAGON/GOLDEN PHEASANT

Base: Judicalpa

Country: Honduras (HND)

Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Bob Simons

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/03/1988
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The U.S. National Archives
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