Warfare Operation Urgent Fury (The Invasion of Grenada, 1983)

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Helicopters fly over the Point Salines Airfield runway during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Point Salines Airfield during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A US serviceman sits in the gunner's seat of a Cuban (Czechoslovakian-mad) M-53 quad 12.7 mm antiaircraft gun. The gun was seized during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Members of the 82nd Airborne Division stand by as a cameraman films stacks of ammunition seized during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A member of the 82nd Airborne Division examines a crate of AK-47 assault rifles seized during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A member of the 82nd Airborne Division, armed with an M16A1 rifle, stands guard near a tripod-mounted M60 machine gun and an M72 light anti-tank weapon (LAW) during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Ammunition seized during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. The crate is labeled "Oficina Economica Cubana".

 

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Stacks of ammunition seized during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Stacks of Russian 7.62 mm ammunition seized during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A building damaged during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A US serviceman talks on a portable radio near the Point Salines Airfield during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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The Point Salines Airfield during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. A C-130 Hercules aircraft is parked on the flight line and a C-141B Starlifter is at the end of the runway.

 

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US servicemen take a break on the flight line at Point Salines Airfield during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. A AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter is parked nearby.

 

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Students from the Saint George's University School of Medicine head for an aircraft at Point Salines Airfield. They are being evacuated to the United States during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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82nd Airborne Division artillerymen reload an M102 105 mm howitzer while providing artillery support for the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Artillerymen of the 82nd Airborne Division fire an M102 105 mm howitzer while providing artillery support for the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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82nd Airborne Division artillerymen prepare to fire an M102 105 mm howitzer while providing artillery support for the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Students from the Saint George's University School of Medicine in Grenada conduct a press conference upon their arrival at the base. They were evacuated from the island during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Air Force personnel schedule crews for aircraft flying support missions to Grenada during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A member of an Aerial Port Squadron (APS) uses a forklift to carry pallets of supplies to a C-130 Hercules aircraft waiting on the flight line. The supplies will be flown to Grenada to support the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY.