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Straight on medium shot as personnel from the 721st Air Mobility Squadron at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, and maintainers from Dover Air Force Base, wait outside the mobility operations center at Hoedspruit AFB, South Africa, after arriving from the United States to take part in "Operation Atlas Response." They are the first of several flights that will arrive throughout the following weeks bringing helicopters and military personnel (equipment and personnel not shown) to assist with search and rescue and with the distribution of relief supplies in Mozambique

Left side front view medium shot of as personnel (equipment and personnel not shown) from the 721st Air Mobility Squadron at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, and maintainers from Dover Air Force Base, board a C-17A Globmaster III, bound for "Operation Atlas Response." The C-17A Globemaster III aircraft, will take them to Hoedspruit AFB, South Africa, and will be the first of several flights that will arrive throughout the following weeks bringing helicopters and military personnel to assist with search and rescue and with the distribution of relief supplies in Mozambique

C-17A Globemaster III cargo bay interior shot as personnel from the 721st Air Mobility Squadron, at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, maintainers from Dover Air Force Base, and cargo loading equipment are bound for "Operation Atlas Response." The C-17A Globemaster III aircraft, will take them to Hoedspruit AFB, South Africa, and will be the first of several flights that will arrive throughout the following weeks bringing helicopters (not shown) and military personnel to assist with search and rescue and with the distribution of relief supplies in Mozambique

Right side front view facial close-up shot as US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Joe Martin, 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, reconnects the tail-rotor on one of the first two American HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, that will participate in "Operation Atlas Response" on Mar. 7, 2000. The helicopters are reassembled after their delivery to Hoedspruit Air Force Base, South Africa, and will aid in the distribution of relief supplies and rescue stranded flood victims (Not shown) in neighboring Mozambique

Right side rear view medium shot as members of the South African Air Force watch as a C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft from 436th Airlift Wing at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, delivers cargo pallets, personnel, and two HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters (pallets, personnel and helicopters not shown) from the 41st Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, to Hoedspruit Air Force Base, South Africa, during "Operation Atlas Response." The personnel and helicopters are the first American HH-60s delivered to aid in the distribution of relief supplies and rescue stranded flood victims in Mozambique

Interior shot inside the cargo bay of a USAF C-17A Globemaster III, looking from the back towards the front of the cargo section. Personnel from the 721st Air Mobility Squadron at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, maintainers from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware and cargo loading equipment are bound for Operation Atlas Response. This is a mission to assist in search and rescue and also with the distribution of relief supplies to the area of Mozambique in southeastern Africa

An interior over the left shoulder medium close-up shot as First Lieutenant Erin Markwith, a pilot assigned to the 17th Airlift Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, looks over a checklist after landing at Hoedspruit AFB, South Africa, to take part in "Operation Atlas Response." The C-17A is the first of several flights that will arrive throughout the following weeks bringing helicopters and military personnel (equipment and personnel not shown) to assist with search and rescue and with the distribution of relief supplies in Mozambique

Members of the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, offload the first two American HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, that will participate in "Operation Atlas Response" from the front end of a C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft, assigned to the 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, on Mar. 7, 2000. The helicopters are reassembled after their delivery to Hoedspruit Air Force Base, South Africa, and will aid in the distribution of relief supplies and rescue stranded flood victims (Not shown) in neighboring Mozambique

Right side front view medium shot as a C-17A Globemaster III from the 437th Airlift Wing, at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, is departing from Hoedspruit AFB, South Africa, after delivering cargo and personnel (cargo and personnel not shown) to aid in the distribution of relief supplies in Mozambique for "Operation Atlas Response." A member of the South African Air Force stands on the tarmac marshalling the aircraft

Rear view long shot as Personnel (equipment and personnel not shown) from the 721st Air Mobility Squadron at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, and maintainers from Dover Air Force Base, arrive at Hoedspruit AFB, South Africa, to take part in "Operation Atlas Response." They are the first of several flights that will arrive throughout the following weeks bringing helicopters and military personnel to assist with search and rescue and with the distribution of relief supplies in Mozambique

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Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE

Base: Hoedspruit Air Force Base

Country: South Africa (ZAF)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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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

[Assignment: 48-DPA-08-12-08_SOI_K_AZ_Border_Pat] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to [Pima County,] Arizona's border area with Mexico, [where he joined] U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, [flights, inspections] [48-DPA-08-12-08_SOI_K_AZ_Border_Pat_DOI_6398.JPG]

Chief Master Sgt. Cyrus Snider, 779th Expeditionary

Fifteen personel (all 15 not shown) assigned to the 823rd Red Horse Squadron from Hurlburt Field, Florida as part of Operation Sustain Hope put the fishing touches on a newly widened two-lane road leading to the flight line (flight line nto shown) increasing the speed of traffic and safety of those walking. Operation Sustain Hope is the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps for the refugees (not shown) fleeing from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia into Albania and Macedonia

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 )

Fifteen personnel assigned to the 823rd Red Horse Squadron from Hurlburt Field, Florida as part of Operation Sustain Hope put the fishing touches on a newly widened two-lane road leading to the flight line (not shown) increasing the speed of traffic and safety of those walking. Operation Sustain Hope is the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps for the refugees (not shown) fleeing from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia into Albania and Macedonia

Air Force members from the 615th Air Mobility Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., push a cargo pallet off a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft during Operation Unified Assistance in Utapao, Thailand, on Jan. 3, 2005. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Sarayuth Pinthong) (Released)

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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

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Tom Stewart an F-16 Falcon fighter pilot with the 308th Fighter Squadron (FS), 56th Fighter Wing (FW), Luke Air Force Base (AFB), Arizona (AZ), briefs Matt Borland about the F-16. Matt Borland is the Crew CHIEF for NASCAR driver Ryan Newman. Boreland and Newman received incentive flights in a Falcon

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