Airmen from the 3rd Maintenance Crash Recovery Team survey the area where they will dig out an F-4 Phantom external fuel tank at 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-4s were flown at Elmendorf Air Force Base through 1982. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)

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Senior Master Sgt. Archie Vance helps to hand down a high-pressure water hose to the site of the F-4 Phantom fuel tank extraction in the Port of Anchorage Sept. 18, 2012. The Anchorage Port Authority and the the JBER Crash Recovery Unit under the 3rd MXS are removing an F-4 fuel tank that is embedded in the harbor bank. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. J. Ramos, the commander of the 3rd Maintenance Squadron, directs Airmen setting up for the F-4 Phantom fuel tank removal at the Port of Anchorage Sept. 18, 2012. The Port and the the JBER Crash Recovery Unit under the 3rd MXS removed an F-4 fuel tank that was embedded in the harbor bank. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. J. Ramos the commander of the 3d Maintenance Squadron and Paul Rotkus of the Anchorage Port Authority glance at each other breifly as the crash recovery unit locates the F-4 Phantom fuel tank in the Anchorage Port Sept. 18, 2012. The Anchorage Port Authority and the the JBER Crash Recovery Unit under the 3rd MXS are removing an F-4 fuel tank that is embedded in the harbor bank. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. J. Ramos the commander of the 3rd Maintenance Squadron and Paul Rotkus of the Anchorage Port Authority watch as the crash recovery unit plans to access the F-4 Phantom fuel tank in the Anchorage Port Sept. 18, 2012. The Anchorage Port Authority and the the JBER Crash Recovery Unit under the 3rd MXS are removing an F-4 fuel tank that is embedded in the harbor bank. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)

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U.S. Airmen from the 3rd Wing Crash Recovery Unit dig out an 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 through 1982. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)

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Airmen from the 3rd Maintenence Crash Recovery Team work to dig out an F-4 Phantom external fuel tank at 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-4s were flown at Elmendorf Air Force Base through 1982. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)

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Tech. Sgt. Richard Hittie uses a high-pressure hose to clear the silt that has built up inside a jettisoned F-4 Phantom fuel tank at 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-4s were flown at Elmendorf Air Force Base through 1982. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)

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Airmen from the JBER Crash Recovery Unit dig out an 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-4s were flown at Elmendorf Air Force Base through 1982. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)

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Airmen from the JBER Crash Recovery stand back as a bulldozer drags the entrenched F-4 Phantom fuel tank from the Anchorage Port Sept. 18, 2012. The Anchorage Port Authority and the the JBER Crash Recovery Unit under the 3rd MXS are removing an F-4 fuel tank that is embedded in the harbor bank. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)

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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-4s were flown at Elmendorf Air Force Base through 1982. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)

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A piece of the F-4 Phantom fuel tank lies on the the ground of the Anchorage Port Sept. 18, 2012. The Anchorage Port Authority and the the JBER Crash Recovery Unit under the 3rd MXS are removing a F-4 fuel tank that is embedded in the harbor bank. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)

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The head piece to the F-4 Phantom fuel tank recovered by the JBER Cash Recovery Unit and the Anchorage Port Authority from the port of Anchorage Sept. 18, 2012. The Anchorage Port Authority and the the JBER Crash Recovery unit under the 3rd MXS are removing a F-4 fuel tank that is embedded in the harbor bank. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)

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Senior Master Sgt. Archie Vance (left) unties a rope used to haul the 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-4s were flown at Elmendorf Air Force Base through 1982. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Omari Bernard)

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JBER Airmen recover F-4 phantom fuel tank from port of Anchorage

Published Sept. 19, 2012