The lower right nose section of the remains of a crashed MH-53J Pave Low IIIE 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. The data panel on the lower right nose section of the helicopter shows why Air Force Special Operations Command wants to retain this particular airframe, in a 30 year career, it has seen more combat zones than other aircraft
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
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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