Vintage 1998 82nd Airborne Zippo Slim Lighter High Polish Chrome Mint

One our reps picked this piece from an estate sale in Virginia the story was that the soldier made it for his wife during the. Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1 Great Story behind this lighter which appears unused and in excellent condition very high Polish


Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division wait to load into U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., on Jan. 29, 1998. Nearly 80 aircraft will airdrop almost 3,000 personnel and their equipment into a Fort Bragg landing zone in one of the largest airborne operations since World War II as part of Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1. More than 30,000 U.S. military personnel are participating in the exercise which is testing joint forces on their ability to deploy rapidly and conduct joint operations during a crisis. All branches of the armed forces are training side-by-side using the latest advances in technology in a simulated high-threat environment that involves air, naval and ground operations

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