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MC-12W retrieve Nebula from 16 AF

Lt. Col. Robby Trest, (middle) MC-12W Evaluator Pilot, from the 185th Special Operations Squadron, hands the Nebula, a specialized device used by tactical support operators, to Staff Sgt. Cole Weiss, tactical systems operator instructor, 306th Intelligence Squadron, as Staff Sgt. Gabriel Gibson, TSO instructor, 306th IS, stands ready to assist March 29, 2023, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The MC-12W Liberty aircrew from Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, were there to pick up the Nebula from an MC-12W that crashed April 27, 2013, near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

PHOTO BY: U.S. Air Force photo by Matthew McGovern
VIRIN: 230329-F-YI823-007.JPG
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NIKON D600

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N/A

APERTURE

180/10

SHUTTERSPEED

10/2000

ISO

1250

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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