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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Wynn Quinton, food service apprentice, 673rd Force Support Squadron, and Operation Colony Glacier recovery team member, checks ice anchors for teammates searching through debris inside a crevasse at Colony Glacier, Alaska, July 31, 2024. Operation Colony Glacier is an effort to recover the remains of service members and wreckage from a C-124 Globemaster II that crashed in November 1952 with 52 military members on board. As of May 2024, 47 of the 52 service members have been identified. The recovery effort has taken place every summer since 2012 by personnel from Alaskan Command, 11th Airborne Division, Alaska National Guard, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, U.S. Army Alaska, 673rd Air Base Wing, 3rd Wing
and Detachment 1, 66th Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Don Hudson)
| Date Taken: | 07.31.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 08.14.2024 14:06 |
| Photo ID: | 8589498 |
| VIRIN: | 240731-F-EZ530-1006 |
| Resolution: | 6048x4024 |
| Size: | 14.16 MB |
| Location: | JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, US |
| Web Views: | 62 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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