Staff Sgt. John Columbia, a loadmaster with the 737th
Summary
Staff Sgt. John Columbia, a loadmaster with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, sits in the ready position at a troop passenger door of a C-130 Hercules during a mission over an Iraqi province March 2, 2008. Columbia is in the ready position to manually dispense chaff/flare if primary means do not function automatically when fired upon. The mission is part of leaflet air drop mission supporting the Australians from Overwatch Battle Group (West)-4 in southern Iraq. Columbia is deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Brock Burkhardt)
Tags
ali base
2008
iraq
operation iraqi freedom
c 130 hercules
airmen aid coalition ground forces one leaflet at a time
080302 f 2389 e
operation chavel
miguel espinoza
386th air expeditionary wing public affairs
dvids
high resolution
iraq war 2003 2011
Date
02/03/2008
Location
Ramstein
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49.43691, 7.60028
Source
Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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