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Army Col. Jack P. Ancker retired, a World War II veteran

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Marines from 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) burn trash at Camp Montieth, near Cernica, Kosovo. In the background is seen a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion heavy transport helicopter. Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) as part of Operation JOINT GUARDIAN will be helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo

Marines with Combat Assault Battalion, Ground Combat

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A Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter comes in for a landing while operating in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees who have fled Iraqi government forces

An Army UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter flies past a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, left, and another Black Hawk helicopter sitting idle on the ground. The helicopter are in Turkey to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees who have fled Iraqi government forces

An Army UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter flies past a pair of CH-47 Chinook helicopters on the ground for maintenance. The helicopters are in Turkey to support Operation Provide Comfort , a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees who have fled Iraqi government forces

Soldiers perform maintenance on an Army UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter as another Black Hawk (Blackhawk) passes overhead. The helicopters are in Turkey to support Operation Provide Comfort , a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees who have fled Iraqi government forces

As seen from the cockpit of a Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 (HC-4) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, the helicopter approaches a refueling drogue deployed behind a U.S. Air Force HC-130P Hercules aircraft. The aircraft are operating over Turkey in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter comes in for a landing at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired by coalition engineer units so relief supplies can be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Helicopter support team members run to the edges of a landing zone after attaching an M-151 light utility vehicle in a cargo net to the external cargo hook of a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Silopi as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

British military personnel unload a helicopter engine as a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands in the background. Allied personnel are in Turkey to organize Operation Provide Comfort, an effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

As seen from the cockpit of a Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 (HC-4) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, the helicopter's refueling probe approaches a refueling drogue deployed behind a tanker aircraft. The aircraft are operating over Turkey in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

French SA-342 Gazelle helicopters, foreground, and AS-532 Super Puma helicopters sit idle in a clearing beside a road near Silopi, Turkey, during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees who have fled Iraqi government forces

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Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT

Country: Turkey (TUR)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Savage

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/04/1991
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Kurdish men wait to begin a tour of a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

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Navy Ship AS-34 Canopus - Public domain photogrpaph

A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter after landing in a field near two light vehicles during Exercise SOLID SHIELD 85

A Kurdish child sits beside her mother at a refugee camp near Turkey's border with Iraq. The camps were established by the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes in northern Iraq to escape Iraqi government forces. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

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french sa french sa gazelle helicopters gazelle helicopters foreground as super puma super puma helicopters road silopi turkey effort aid refugees iraqi government forces operation provide comfort sa 342 gazelle helicopter high resolution french sa 342 gazelle helicopters as 532 super puma helicopters comfort aid kurdish refugees operation iraqi government forces ph 2 savage us national archives