Two airmen help a firefighter to his feet after the man assisted in extinguishing the blaze aboard an Alaska Air National Guard KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft, background, that exploded and burned while taxiing to a parking area. Two of the aircraft's seven crewmen were killed; the others sustained only minor injuries
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Eielson Air Force Base
State: Alaska (AK)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michael Z. Moore
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
20/09/1989
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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