Members of the 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit prepare to do maintenance "Patches." The aircraft was inducted into history when Lt. Col. Howard Dallman, 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, landed his crew and aircraft under heavy enemy fire from the People's Army of Vietnam to re-supply besieged Marines in Khe Sanh on Feb. 5, 1968. Col. Dallman received the Air Force Cross and his crew received the Silver Star for their effort to re-supply the Marines in Khe Sanh. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Domonique Simmons)
Date Taken: | 04.18.2008 |
Date Posted: | 03.05.2012 09:08 |
Photo ID: | 84741 |
VIRIN: | 080418-O-9999X-002 |
Resolution: | 781x529 |
Size: | 90.72 KB |
Location: | KHE SANH, VN |
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