The island of Diego Garcia appears on the radarscope of an approaching C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The island is being used as home base for Airlift Operations Project '81, directed by the Military Sealift Command

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The island of Diego Garcia appears on the radarscope of an approaching C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The island is being used as home base for Airlift Operations Project '81, directed by the Military Sealift Command

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: PROJECT '81

Base: Naval Air Station, Diego Garcia

Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Alex R. Taningco

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

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Date

12/01/1981

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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https://catalog.archives.gov/

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