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GULF OF THAILAND (Feb. 12, 2009) -- Landing Signalman Enlisted Aviation Boatswain's Mate Handling 1st Class Kevin Bourne launches a CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262 from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) during Exercise Cobra Gold 2009.  Harpers Ferry is taking part in Exercise Cobra Gold, an annual Thailand and U.S. co-sponsored joint coalition multinational military exercise designed to train a Thai, U.S. and Singaporean Coalition Task Force. The exercise will also include humanitarian civic action projects with participating nations from Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and the U.S.   U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew R. White (RELEASED)

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Photo description

Photo Date
Feb. 12, 2009
Photographer
Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew R. White
Caption Writer
Oscar Sosa
Copyright Status
Public domain / free use
Service Branch
US Navy / Marine Corps
Primary Equipment
CH-53E
Other Visible Equipment
Not available
Plane Number
Not available
Base
Not available
Tail Code
Not available
Squadron
Not available
Comments/Notes
Not available