A morning view of the flight line framed by a plant and a close-up UH-1 Iroquois helicopter during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

Airmen are processed in a hangar during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

Airmen board a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

AN interior view of a command post during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

C-130 Hercules aircraft parked on the flight line during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

Pilots land a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the base during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base, Korea, for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

A aerial view of town areas as seen from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base, Korea, for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

A morning view of the flight line framed by a plant and a close-up UH-1 Iroquois helicopter during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers

description

Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK

Base: Yokota Air Base

Country: Japan (JPN)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT Mark Bateman, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

date_range

Date

14/09/1980

place

Location

35.74284, 139.33842

create

Source

The U.S. National Archives

link

Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/

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