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A CH-47 helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard starts its approach to drop off a Zodiac boat, hanging underneath the helicopter, to the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal team members at Lake Charles. Lake Charles, one of six lakes near the A-10 crash site at Gold Dust Peak, is the fourth lake being searched by the Navy team

A CH-47 helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard starts its approach to drop off supplies, hanging from the hoist cable, to the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal team members at Lake Charles. Lake Charles, one of six lakes near the A-10 crash site at Gold Dust Peak, is the fourth lake being searched by the Navy team

Engineman SENIOR CHIEF Charles Payne, a member of the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California, is assisted by another team member as he suits up in preparation for the search of the lake for the missing 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak. A UH-1N helicopter from the Army National Guard's High Altitude Training Site in Eagle can be seen in the background

A CH-47 from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard, starts its approach over New York Lake to drop off the Navy's Zodiac boat. The Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California will search the lake, one of six near the crash site, for remnants of the four 500 pound bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on Gold Dust Peak

A flight engineer on the CH-47 helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard keeps an eye on the Mark V Zodiac boat being airlifted that was used to search the lakes and ponds for the 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak

A CH-47 from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard, drops off the Navy's Zodiac boat. The Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California will search the lake, one of six near the crash site, for remnants of the four 500 pound bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on Gold Dust Peak

A CH-47 from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard returns to Eagle County Airport with a Mark V Zodiac boat suspended by cables. The boat was used by Navy personnel to search the lakes around Gold Dust Peak for the missing bombs from the A-10 that crashed

After completing a dive, Engineman SENIOR CHIEF Charles Payne, a member of the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California, rests with the aid of supplemental oxygen. The high altitude of the lakes in the Rockies places extra stress on the divers searching for the 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak

A CH-47 from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard brings in a Zodiac boat slung under its fuselage for the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California. Mobile Unit 7 members will search the lake for the four 500 pound bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak

On 2 April 1997 a US Air Force A-10A crashed just below the summit of Gold Dust Peak near Eagle Colorado. A CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard, approaches the landing zone of the Navy's staging area. Soon the Navy will begin searching Lake Charles for any signs of the four Mark 82 bombs. Lake Charles is just one of the six lakes that are contained in the exclusion zone and is the fourth that will be searched by these (Not Shown) Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians. To date nothing of relevance has been located, 7 September 1997

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Base: Lake Charles

State: Colorado (CO)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. David W. Richards, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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The A-10 Thunderbolt has excellent maneuverability at low airspeeds and altitude and is a highly accurate and survivable weapons-delivery platform. Called the “Warthog” for its aggressive look and often painted with teeth on the nose cone, the A-10 Thunderbolt II is the U.S. Air Force’s primary low-altitude close air support aircraft best known for its GAU-8 Avenger 30mm Gatling gun designed to fire armor-piercing depleted uranium and high explosive incendiary rounds. In the 1970s the threat of Soviet armored forces and all-weather attack operations had become more serious. Six companies submitted aircraft proposals, with Northrop and Fairchild-Republic selected to build prototypes: the YA-9A and YA-10A, respectively. General Electric and Philco-Ford were selected to build and test GAU-8 cannon prototypes. First A-10 was delivered to the U.S. Air Force on 30 March 1976. By 1984, 715 airplanes had been built.

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Cpl. Vanessa O’Gorman (right), a medical technician

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Vincent Scott and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Vamal Taylor, weapons loaders from the 522nd Fighter Squadron (FS), Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico, load a Mark 82, 500-pound bomb onto an F-16 Falcon fighter at Eielson AFB, Alaska, in support of exercise Northern Edge 2002

Aviation ordnancemen load Mark 82 500-pound retarded delivery bombs onto the wing pylon of an A-6E Intruder aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Robert Dashiell, left and SPECIALIST First Class (SFC) Scott Ellis, crewmembers on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, with Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard (ANG), prepare to board their aircraft for a mission in support of the Tradewinds 2002 Field Training Exercise (FTX), on the island of Antiqua

Screen cups for insect exclusion or inclusion. Prince Georges County, Beltsville, Maryland.

An air-to-air right side view of an F-4E Phantom II aircraft of the 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron releasing Mark 82 500-pound bombs over the Bardenas Bombing Range. Note: Second view in a series of three

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Robert Dashiell, left and SPECIALIST First Class (SFC) Scott Ellis, from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard (ANG), hookup 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

A UH-1N helicopter from the Colorado Army National Guard High Altitude Training Site at Eagle lands near the lake to stands by in the event of a medical emergency during the Navy's search for the missing bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak

Aviation ordnancemen load Mark 82 500-pound bombs onto an A-6E Intruder aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68). The ship is operating off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon

An air-to-air right underside view of a 388th Tactical Fighter Wing F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft armed with Mark 82 500-pound bombs on the outside wing pylons, an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile on the right wing tip and an AN/ALQ-119 electronic countermeasures pod on the centerline

Ground crewmen, in chemical warfare gear, prepare to load Mark 82 bombs onto an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Exercise UREX '82

Members of the A-10 recovery team take a short break during their search for the four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs that were carried by the A-10 that crashed on Gold Dust Peak

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