Photo essay: Joint forces conduct drop zone survey

By Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock, 1st Combat Camera Squadron / Published January 28, 2010

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A U.S. Air Force combat controller uses a rangefinder for a drop zone survey outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 24, 2010, during Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock)

NEAR PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A joint special forces team of U.S Air Force combat controllers and U.S. Army pathfinders in a U.S. Navy HH-60 Seahawk helicopter conducted a drop zone survey here Jan. 24.

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