Archive photo of the day
Archive photo of the dayGetting ready for Iraq, 2004
Stars and Stripes
September 27, 2021
(Fred Zimmerman/Stars and Stripes)
Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, February 2004: Marines from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-465 hook a crane up to the gear box of a CH-53 helicopter. The Marines spent the previous week tearing down and packing their helicopters for an upcoming deployment to Iraq.