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I thought the same 992. Also recognise the wonky eyed PJI running up the rear. Must have been AH last Az Det.
We often used to share an aircraft between AD out of Laguna and para at El Centro (Hotville DZ) or even up at CL depending upon various factors.
Talk of Hotville, I did not care much for many of the PJIs but I had a lot of respect for Papa Smurf every time he got the chance to go to Hotville he arranged a Service of Remembrance for a group of his colleagues killed in a para acc some years ago. I think the young SR took on this mantle when PS retired.
I have some similar pics from the wet film era somewhere. I will need to check if the GEs had been properly trained by Smuge to get the props lined up. Clearly another example of standards being eroded in time! Cameras were frowned upon after 9/11.