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A crane aboard the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU lowers an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter onto a cradle on the Military Fleet Activity pier. The helicopter, which crashed into the ocean 5.6 miles off the Okinawa coast during a night training mission, was recovered by a joint US/Japanese salvage team

A crane aboard the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU hoists an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Greene Giant helicopter from the ocean 5.6 miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, where it crashed during a night training flight. A Japanese Maritime Safety Agency Shiretoko class large patrol vessel, upper left, keeps the area clear as the operation progresses

An Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter rests on the Military Fleet Activity pier after being lowered into a cradle by a crane aboard the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU. The helicopter, which crashed into the ocean 5.6 miles off the Okinawa coast during a night training mission, was recovered by a joint US/Japanese salvage team

A worker aboard the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU signals to the crane operator as an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter is hoisted from the ocean 5.6 miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. The recovery of the helicopter, which crashed during a night training mission and sank into 1,800 feet of water, is a joint U.S./Japanese effort

An Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter shows the effects of its crash into the ocean as it is hauled out of water by a crane aboard the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU. The helicopter which went down 5.6 miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, is being recovered by a joint US/Japanese salvage team

A damaged Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter rests on the deck of the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU after being raised from the ocean 5.6 miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. The helicopter, which crashed during a night training mission, was raised through the efforts of a joint US/Japanese salvage team

The Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU, its deck filled with equipment, leaves the port of Naha, Okinawa, Japan. The ship will make for a point 5.6 miles off the Okinawan coast, where an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter crashed into the ocean during a night training mission. Aided by the Navy submersible search and rescue vehicle Deep Drone, a joint US/Japanese salvage team will attempt to recover the helicopter

An Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter is hoisted from the deck of the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU and onto the Military Fleet Activity pier. The helicopter, which crashed into the ocean 5.6 miles off the Okinawa caoast, was recovered by a joint US/Japanese salvage team

A view of the interior of an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter that crashed into the ocean 5.6 miles off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, during a night training mission. The helicopter, now secured aboard the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU, was recovered by a joint US/Japanese salvage team

A 136-ton crane lowers a smaller crane onto the deck of the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU. The ship is taking on equipment before sailing to a point 5.6 miles off the Okinawa coast, where a joint US/Japanese salvage team will begin operations to recover an Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter that crashed during a night training mission

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Base: Naha

State: Okinawa

Country: Japan (JPN)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Donald S. Mcmichael

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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06/04/1989
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