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US Army (USA) SPECIALIST First Class (SFC) Scott Ellis, from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard (ANG), checks the load cable to a pair of M-149 400-gallon "Water Buffalos" to a hovering CH-47 Chinook helicopter, at the V.C. Bird International Airport, during the Tradewinds 2002 Field Training Exercise (FTX), on the island of Antiqua

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US Army (USA) SPECIALIST First Class (SFC) Scott Ellis, from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard (ANG), checks the load cable to a pair of M-149 400-gallon "Water Buffalos" to a hovering CH-47 Chinook helicopter, at the V.C. Bird International Airport, during the Tradewinds 2002 Field Training Exercise (FTX), on the island of Antiqua

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Bird International Airport

Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG)

Scene Major Command Shown: Southwest

Scene Camera Operator: Joseph Bonet, CIV

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

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12/04/2002
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17.14165, -61.79055
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