Caption:
Flight deck crew members aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp
(LHD 1) hot refuel a U.S. Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra on Jan. 17,
1998, during Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1. More than 30,000
U.S. military personnel are participating in the exercise which is
testing joint forces on their ability to deploy rapidly and conduct
joint operations during a crisis. All branches of the armed
forces are training side-by-side using the latest advances in
technology in a simulated high-threat environment that involves air,
naval and ground operations. The Super Cobra is attached to
Helicopter Medium Squadron 264 , Marine Corps Air Station New River,
N.C. DoD photo by Airman Apprentice Daniel S. Stokes, U.S. Navy.
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