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A metal basket is hoisted aboard the salvage ship USS BEAUFORT (ATS 2) during operations to retrieve the pieces of a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft that crashed off the South Korean coast. The South Korean minehunter GANG GYUNG (MSC 561) is in the background

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Salvage Ship, USS SAFEGUARD (ARS 50), USN Divers prepare to dive near the wreckage of a US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft lost at sea. Crew members from the SAFEGUARD and the Republic of Korea (KOR) Edenton Class Salvage Ship, PYONG TAEK (ATS 27), took on the real-world salvage effort in the Yellow Sea near Kunsan Air Base (AB), as part of Salvage Exercise (SALVEX 06). The pilot ejected safely and was recovered by the ROK Air Force

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Salvage Ship, USS SAFEGUARD (ARS 50), USN crew members and Sailors assigned to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1 (MDSU-1) successfully completed a salvage mission, with the recovery of the main engine, and a majority of components, including the data recording devices, from a US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft that crashed into the Yellow Sea near Kunsan Air Base (AB), Republic of Korea (ROK). The real-world salvage effort is being conducted as part of Salvage Exercise (SALVEX 06)

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Salvage Ship, USS SAFEGUARD (ARS 50), crew members and USN Divers assigned to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 1 (MDSU-1) successfully execute a salvage mission, recovery of the main engine, a majority of components, including the data recording devices, from a US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft that crashed into the Yellow Sea near Kunsan Air Base (AB), Republic of Korea (ROK). The real-world salvage effort is being conducted as part of Salvage Exercise (SALVEX 06)

A US Navy (USN) aviator looks down at Tsunami damaged Sumatra, Indonesia (IDN). USN helicopters assigned to Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) from the USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) are supporting Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Salvage Ship, USS SAFEGUARD (ARS 50), USN SENIOR CHIEF Navy Diver, Clifford Morin (foreground left), tends the dive stage as fellow divers are lowered into the Yellow Sea, during a major recovery effort to retrieve components and data recording devices from a US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft that crashed into the Yellow Sea near Kunsan Air Base (AB), Republic of Korea (ROK). The real-world salvage effort is being conducted as part of Salvage Exercise (SALVEX 06)

An aircraft handler scans the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) for debris that could cause foreign object damage to aircraft operating aboard the ship. The LINCOLN is at sea for its shakedown cruise

Crewmen from the ammunition ship USS MOUNT HOOD (AE-29) unload supplies from a U.S. Air Force helicopter during search and rescue operations for the beached and overturned Filipino frigate RPS DATU KALANTIAW (PS-76). The frigate was overtaken by Typhoon Clara

After the return of the auxiliary aircraft landing training ship USS LEXINGTON (AVT 16) to its home port, investigators examine some of the damage incurred when a T-2C Buckeye aircraft crashed into the ship's superstructure. The accident, which occurred during routine training on October 29, killed five people and injured 19. The wreckage in the foreground is from two other Buckeye aircraft destroyed in the accident

Two U.S. Air Force crash investigators inspect a piece of debris aboard the salvage ship USS BEAUFORT (ATS 2). The debris was recovered during operations to retrieve the pieces of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft that crashed off the South Korean coast

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02/08/1991
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