US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Erik Hanson, a Communication Technician with the 821st Air Mobility Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, determines where the supplies from a simulated airdrop landed. By using grid coordinates located on thier map the team retrieved the errant supplies from the Range 13 on Fort Dix, New Jersey. The training exercise on Ft. Dix is designed to train deployed Air Mobility Operations Group personnel to defend a new air base from Threat II attacks for up to 24 hours or until Security Forces or Army reinforcements arrive. The exercise took place on May 9th, 2000
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Fort Dix
State: New Jersey (NJ)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Kenn Mann, USAF Civilian
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
09/05/2000
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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