Archive photo of the day
Keeping motors running, 1990
Stars and Stripes
April 7, 2025
(Rob Jagodzinski/Stars and Stripes)
Saudi Arabia, 1990: An Air Force mechanic services a C-5 Galaxy aircraft at a desert airstrip during the weeks preceding the Gulf War.
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