The Air Force turned over picturesque Howard Air Force Base - with its terracotta-roofed homes - to Panama in September 1999. Built 57 years ago in the midst of a tropical jungle, it was the bastion of US air power in the region. This photograph is part of the November 1999 AIRMAN Magazine article "Adios Amigos"

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The Air Force turned over picturesque Howard Air Force Base - with its terracotta-roofed homes - to Panama in September 1999. Built 57 years ago in the midst of a tropical jungle, it was the bastion of US air power in the region. This photograph is part of the November 1999 AIRMAN Magazine article "Adios Amigos"

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Panama Canal

Country: Panama (PAN)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Gary Coppage, USAF

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

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01/11/1999
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The U.S. National Archives
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