SENIOR AIRMAN David Brigham (in tractor), of the 43rd Transportation Squadron, 43rd Airlift Wing, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, carefully backs a "lowboy" transport trailer under the remains of a crashed MH-53J Pave Low IIIE helicopter. The bed of the trailer is covered with mattreses and shipping pads to prevent further damage to the helicopter. The helicopter crashed near Camp Mackall Army Air Field, North Carolina on the night of June 2, 1999. Air Force Special Operations Command requested that the aircraft be recovered and returned to Hurlburt Field, Florida
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
State: North Carolina (NC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Dave Davenport
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/07/1999
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Source
The U.S. National Archives
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