Members of the U.S. Army Combat Pictorial Detachment check their gear upon arriving to document the airlift of the remains of soldiers of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., from Gander Airport. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in a plane crash at the airport. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert