Onboard the US Navy (USN) Salvage Ship, USS SAFEGUARD (ARS 50), CHIEF Hull Maintenance Technician (HTC) Cliff Morin (First Class Diver), prepares a crew member to dive near the wreckage of a US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft lost at sea. Crew members from the SAFEGUARD and the Republic of Korea (KOR) Edenton Class Salvage Ship, PYONG TAEK (ATS 27), took on the real-world salvage effort in the Yellow Sea near Kunsan Air Base (AB), as part of Salvage Exercise (SALVEX 06). The pilot ejected safely and was recovered by the ROK Air Force
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Safeguard (ARS 50)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joshua L. Demotts, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
29/03/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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