SGT. Fred Caddel a C-5 flight engineer assigned to the 3rd Airlift Squadron, 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Del. uses the winch control to pull a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter into the cargo bay of his C-5 Galaxy at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri. The C-5 will airlift UH-60 helicopters and personnel of the 106th Aviation Unit, Peoria, Ill back to their home base. They were participants in New Horizon '97, first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise ...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: Sgt. Fred Caddel a C-5 flight engineer assigned to the 3rd Airlift Squadron, 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Del. uses the winch control to pull a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter into the cargo bay of his C-5 Galaxy at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri. The C-5 will airlift UH-60 helicopters and personnel of the 106th Aviation Unit, Peoria, Ill back to their home base. They were participants in New Horizon '97, first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training.

Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97

Country: French Guiana (GUF)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. James D. Mossman

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