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Subject Operation/Series: AIRLIFT OPERATIONS 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
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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