Engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 prepare to spread approximately 15,000 cubic meters of rock and gravel to make a safer helicopter landing zone (HLZ) in southwestern Afghanistan May 4. The new HLZ is designed to prevent dangerous "brownouts" - the choking dust clouds generated by helicopters as they land and take off.
| Date Taken: | 05.04.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 05.11.2012 19:59 |
| Photo ID: | 577841 |
| VIRIN: | 120504-M-NF414-038 |
| Resolution: | 5184x3456 |
| Size: | 3.95 MB |
| Location: | SOUTHERN HELMAND PROVINCE, AF |
| Web Views: | 87 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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