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Romanian civilians and members of the flight crew unload medical supplies from a 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130 Herucles aircraft at the Bucharest airport. Provided by the 7th Medical Command from stocks at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center in Pirmasens, West Germany, the supplies are part of a relief effort for citizens of the revolt-torn country. The U.S. Air Force personnel are in civilian clothes for diplomatic reasons
Romanian civilians unload medical supplies from a 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Bucharest airport. Provided by the 7th Medical Command from stocks at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center in Pirmasens, West Germany, the supplies are part of a relief effort for citizens of the revolt-torn country
A Romanian soldier stands guard on the flight line as medical supplies from the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center in Pirmasens, West Germany, are unloaded from a 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Bucharest airport. Provided by the 7th Medical Command, the supplies are part of a relief effort for citizens of the revolt-torn country. The soldier is armed with an AKM assault rifle
A Romanian soldier wears a 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron (TAS) patch given to him by SSGT George Carling, a C-130 Hercules aircraft flight engineer with the 37th TAS. Carling's aircraft has just completed delivery of medical supplies from the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center in Pirmasens, West Germany. Provided by the 7th Medical Command, the supplies are part of a relief effort for citizens of the revolt-torn country
An Air Force survey team walks across the tarmac at Timisoara Air Base beside a C-130 from the USAF Reserve 911th Airlift Wing, 785th Airlift Squadron, Pittsburgh, PA. The team, at the request of Romanian officials, will determine if the Romanian bases meet US and NATO standards for use in operations and exercises
At Otopeni Air Base, Bucharest, Romania, Romanian airmen march off after the conscript swearing-in ceremony. In the background is the C-130 from the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany that transported an Air Force airfield survey team. The base was visited by the airfield survey team at the request of Romanian officials to determine if Romanian bases meet US and NATO standards for use in operations and exercises
An American waits to load a C-130 Hercules aircraft as a Slovakian AN-12 aircraft sits behind him during the Partnership for Peace Exercise COOPERATIVE KEY '96 which is being held at Otopeni Air Base, just north of Romania's capitol. The exercise involves Air Force training in operational and logistical interoperability procedures based on a humanitarian relief scenario. Participating NATO Air Forces from Greece, Italy, Turkey and the United States will join the nations of Slovakia, Muldavia, Czech Republic and the host nation Romania
Air Fleet General Ion Stan, Commander of the Romanian Air Force, addresses the the participents of the Partnership for Peace Exercise COOPERATIVE KEY '96 during the opening ceremony, at Otopeni Air Base, in Romania. Cooperative Key '96 involves Air Forces training in operational and logistics interoperability procedures based on a humanitarian scenario. Participating Nato Air Forces From Greece, Italy, Turkey, and the United States are joined by Partner nations from the Czech Republic, Moldova, Slovazkia and Romania as the host nation
U.S. Army personnel from the 181 Transportation Battalion, Mannheim, Germany, load their gear on a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft. Ten C-17 aircraft and support personnel (not shown) from the 437 Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, are currently deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in support of Operation Sustain Hope, the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps for the refugees fleeing from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia into Albania and Macedonia
Members of a 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron flight crew prepare new flight plans after diverting their flight to Aviano because of heavy snow and low visibility at their original destination of Bucharest, Romania. Their aircraft is loaded with medical supplies provided by the U.S. Army's 7th Medical Command as part of a relief effort for the citizens of revolt-torn Romania. The crew is in civilian clothes on this mission for diplomatic reasons
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Aviano Air Base
State: Pordenone
Country: Italy(ITA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Perry Heimer
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
29/12/1989
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