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    Flying in the Shadow of the 'Valley of Death' [Image 1 of 3]

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    Flying in the Shadow of the 'Valley of Death'

    KORENGAL VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN

    04.16.2010

    Photo by Spc. Victor Egorov 

    Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO

    A Black Hawk with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, Delaware National Guard, Task Force Knighthawk, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Falcon, lands at the Korengal outpost during a visit by U.S. Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of International Security Assistance Forces, as part of Operation Mountain Decent II, April 8. During Operation Mountain Descent II, more than 500 Soldiers and nearly half a million pounds of equipment were airlifted out of the Korengal valley; this was the large-scale movement of U.S. forces out of the valley.

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    Date Taken: 04.16.2010
    Date Posted: 04.16.2010 17:40
    Photo ID: 269835
    VIRIN: 100416-A-5983E-002
    Resolution: 2100x1400
    Size: 901.37 KB
    Location: KORENGAL VALLEY, AF

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