Fuel tank is recovered near port

Published: September 18, 2012 

Airmen from the JBER Crash Recovery Unit dig out the entrenched F-4 Phantom fuel tank from the Port of Anchorage, Sept. 18, 2012. JBER and the Port of Anchorage worked together to safely remove the external fuel tank, which was discovered earlier by Port personnel. F-4 Phantom aircraft were flown at Elmendorf Air Force Base though 1982.

Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard / U.S. Air Force

Airmen from the JBER Crash Recovery Unit dig out the entrenched F-4 Phantom fuel tank from the Port of Anchorage, Sept. 18, 2012. JBER and the Port of Anchorage worked together to safely remove the external fuel tank, which was discovered earlier by Port personnel. F-4 Phantom aircraft were flown at Elmendorf Air Force Base though 1982. The 673d Air Base Wing historian is researching how and when the fuel tank may have ended up in its current location.

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