AFMAO embodies “No Airman left behind” - Operation Colony Glacier 2025

Carlos Colon, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System medicolegal death investigator, reaches to open a bag of remains and personal effects from Operation Colony Glacier, an on-ice recovery effort to find personnel effects and remains from a 1952 C-124 Globemaster crash that killed 52 passengers, on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 17, 2025. Colon serves as the Operation Colony Glacier AFMES subject matter expert and is a part of the on-ice recovery team. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Madeline Baisey)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Madeline Baisey
VIRIN: 250617-F-PX896-1661.JPG
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NIKON Z 8

LENS

NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S

APERTURE

32/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/200

ISO

3200

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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