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Image: 82nd Airborne troops jump from C-141Bs in 1988

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Description: Members of the U.S. Army 1st and 2nd Battalions, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division jump from USAF Lockheed C-141B Starlifter aircraft on 1 March 1988. U.S. troops spent two weeks participating in a mobilization of U.S. exercise task force Dragon/Golden Pheasant. U.S. President Ronald Reagan mobilized U.S. forces, consisting of both the 82nd Airborne Division and the 7th Light Infantry Division, to help discourage Nicaraguan forces from entering Honduras.
Title: 82nd Airborne troops jump from C-141Bs in 1988
Credit: U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DF-ST-88-10416
Author: TSgt. Bom Simmons, USAF
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