Ten years after initial invasion, Marine pilot returns to Afghanistan in command [Image 1 of 2]

CAMP LEATHERNECK, AFGHANISTAN

12.21.2001

Courtesy Photo

II Marine Expeditionary Force   

CH-53E Super Stallions rest on a makeshift runway in Bagram, Afghanistan in January 2002. Lt. Col. Alison Thompson, the commanding officer of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron of HMH-464, served as a CH-53E pilot with Task Force 58 during the initial invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

• Date Taken: 12.21.2001
• Date Posted: 09.10.2011 03:20
• Photo ID: 453962
• VIRIN: 011221-M-AB123-002
• Resolution: 640x480
• Size: 106.84 KB
• Location: CAMP LEATHERNECK, AF