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Long shot. Admiral Steve Abbott, Deputy Commander In CHIEF, U.S. European Command, is greeted at Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, by Major General Joe Werhle, 3rd Air Force Commander and Joint Task Force (JTF), Atlas Response Commander as well as Brigadier General Mark Volchef, 86th Air Wing Commander and Air Force Forces Commander for Joint Task Force Atlas Response. The Admiral arrived and attended the Memorial service for AIRMAN Costas who tragically died here in South Africa, as Operation Atlas Response, a humantiarian relief mission in southern Africa comes to a close

Medium close shot. Admiral Steve Abbott, Deputy Commander in CHIEF U.S. European Command chats with Brigadier General Chris Eksteen, commander of Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, and Major General Joe Werhle, 3rd Air Force Commander and Joint Task Force Atlas Response Commander. The Admiral arrived and attended the Memorial service for AIRMAN Costas who tragically died here in South Africa, as Operation Atlas Response, a Humantiarian Relief Mission in Southern Africa comes to a close

Medium long shot. Major General Joe Wehrle, Commander 3rd Air Force and the Joint Task Force, Atlas Response Commander, is greeted by Brigadier General Chris Eksteen, Commander of Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, as he arrives from Mozambique as Operation Atlas Response, a humantiarian relief mission in southern Africa comes to a close

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) David Greene, Flight Engineer, assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron (AS), 86th Airlift Wing (AW), performs a pre-flight cockpit operational check on a C-130 Hercules aircraft, before its departure at Hoedspruit Air Force Base, South Africa, during Operation ATLAS RESPONSE. USAF personnel are deployed to South Africa to provide humanitarian relief to the people forced from their homes in the flooded regions of Mozambique

US Navy (USN) Admiral (ADM) Steve Abbott (background center), Deputy Commander in CHIEF, US European Command (USEUCOM) chats with South African Air Force (SAAF) Brigadier General (BGEN) and Mrs. Chris Eksteen, Commander, Air Force Base (AFB) Hoedspruit, South Africa and US Air Force (USAF) Major General Joe Wehrle (right), Commander, 3rd Air Force and Joint Task Force ATLAS RESPONSE, during his visit at AFB Hoedspruit, South Africa. The Admiral also attended memorial services conducted for a USAF AIRMAN who was tragically killed during the Operation

United States Air Force Captain Chris Wheeler (right), 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, assigned as Air Traffic Control Liason, Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, works side-by-side with Lieutenant Fairhurst (center), South African Air Force, Air Traffic Controller, to coordinate aircraft departure clearances for USAF aircraft during Operation Atlas Response. The aircraft are deployed to South Africa to provide humanitarian relief to the people forced from their homes in the flooded regions of Mozambique, 8 March 2000

Medium long shot. AIRMAN First Class Brewster Esses, a MH-60 Pave Hawk Crew CHIEF, from the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, makes ready his helicopter, for transport aboard a C-5 back at Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, after they arrived from Beira, Mozambique, where they delivered relief supplies to the far reaches of the country, as Operation Atlas Response, a humantiarian relief mission in southern Africa comes to a close

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Keith Reed, right, a Flight Nurse with the 185th Airlift Squadron, 137th Airlift Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard (ANG), directs CAPT Chris Dunn, a medical exercise planner and Flight Nurse CAPT Marina Potgier, left, CAPT Lynn Greyling along with Dr. Zumpa Sishaba, from the Institute of South African Aviation Medicine (SAAM), transport wounded aboard a South African ORYNX helicopter during a bilateral exercise

Straight on medium close-up shot as from left to right, US Air Force Captain Rob Pata, Officer in charge of Logistics Plans, from 3rd Air Force, Captain Virgil Garrett, Comptroller, from the 100th Comptroller Squadron and Technical Sergeant Mike Young, Non- Commisioned Officer in Charge of Supply, 100th Supply Squadron, all of Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, work various items while deployed to Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa. Their team is deployed to South Africa in support of Operation Atlas Response

Long shot. Admiral Steve Abbott, Deputy Commander in CHIEF U.S. European Command is greeted at Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, by Brigadier General Chris Eksteen, Commander of Air Force Base Hoedspruit. The Admiral arrived and attended the Memorial Service for AIRMAN Costas who tragically died here in South Africa, as Operation Atlas Response, a humantiarian relief mission in southern Africa comes to a close

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Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE

Base: Hoedspruit Air Force Base

Country: South Africa (ZAF)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann

Release Status: Released to Public

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Interior shot looking out the window of an air traffic control tower as a U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft from the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, departs from Hoedspruit Air Force Base, South Africa, during Operation Atlas Response. The U.S. aircraft are deployed to South Africa to provide humanitarian relief to the people (not shown) forced from their homes in the flooded regions of Mozambique

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A C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft from 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, delivers cargo pallets, personnel, and two HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters from the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody AFB, Georgia, to AFB Hoedspruit, South Africa, during Operation Atlas Response. The personnel and helicopters are the first American HH-60's delivered to aid in the distribution of relief supplies and rescue stranded flood victims in Mozambique, 7 March 2000. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-01-02914 or search 000307-F-5772H-503 )

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Right side profile medium shot as US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Scott Heflin, a radio maintenance specialist with the 352nd Operational Support Squadron, Royal Air Force, Mildenhall, United Kingdom, listens to radio traffic in the Joint Special Operations Task Force Element, Hoedspurit, which is a Command and Control Center for the 352nd Special Operations Group deployed to Air Force Base Hoedspriut, South Africa. The 352nd Special Operation Group, is deployed to South Africa, in support of Operation Atlas Response

Medium shot. SENIOR AIRMAN Jad Aoun, and Technical Sergeant. Dennis Washington, both Air Transportation Specialists and members of the 86th Air Mobility Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, with help of local laborers, build pallets of humanitarian supplies at the International Airport at Maputo, Mozambique, Africa, 17 March 2000. Their team is deployed in support of Operation Atlas Response, a Humanitarian Aid Operation to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding displaced over a million people from their homes

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