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Landing zone facts for kids

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A landing zone is a "safe" area in which a helicopter or other type of vertical take-off device would land. They are mostly used in war.

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  • Combat Training in Germany (Securing Ground) 2007-05-11-140634

    U.S. Army troops practice securing a landing zone

  • VietnamCombatArtCAT01JohnOWehrleLandingZone

    LANDING ZONE by John O. Wehrle, U. S. Army Vietnam Combat Artists Program Team I, (CAT I 1966). Courtesy National Museum of the U. S. Army.

  • Camp Dwyer LZ sign (Afghanistan) 01

    LZ sign at Camp Dwyer in Afghanistan

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