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Right side rear view medium shot as STAFF Sergeant Wayne Foy (back to camera in flight suit), a loadmaster assigned to the 17th Airlift Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, spots a 25K cargo loader as it is offloaded at Hoedspruit AFB, South Africa, from a C-17A Globemaster III. The loader will be used during "Operation Atlas Response" to transfer relief supplies (not shown) for distribution in Mozambique

Left side front view medium shot as South African Air Force members help U.S. Air Force personnel offload pallets at Hoedspruit AFB, South Africa, from a C-17A Globemaster III. The equipment will be used during "Operation Atlas Response" to support aircraft (not shown) distributing relief supplies in Mozambique

Right side rear view medium shot as AIRMAN 1ST Class Cobb (right arm raised) a loadmaster assigned to the 17th Airlift Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, spots a generator as it is offloaded at Hoedspruit AFB, South Africa, from a C-17A Globemaster III. The generator will be used during "Operation Atlas Response" to support aircraft distributing relief supplies in 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

Right side rear view medium shot as STAFF Seargent Wayne Foy, a loadmaster assigned to the 17th Airlift Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, spots a 10K all-terrain forklift as it is offloaded at Hoedspruit AFB, South Africa, from a C-17A Globemaster III. The forklift will be used during "Operation Atlas Response" to transfer relief supplies for distribution in Mozambique

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Cobb, a Loadmaster assigned to the 17th Airlift Squadron, directs a Republic of Mozambique Air Force forklift operator as he offload pallets of humanitarian relief supplies from a Air Mobility Command (AMC) C-17A Globemaster III aircraft, at Hoedspruit Air Base (AB) South Africa, during Operation ATLAS RESPONSE

A rear view medium shot of a partially shown 25K Loader is ready for use at Hoedspruit AFB, South Africa, after delivery from the 721st Air Mobility Squadron at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, by a C-17A Globemaster III, from the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. The equipment will be used during "Operation Atlas Response" to support cargo loading of aircraft distributing 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

Members of the local news media and local officials are on hand as pallets of humanitarian relief supplies are offloaded from a US Air Force (USAF) Air Mobility Command (AMC) C-17A Globemaster III aircraft, from the 17th Airlift Squadron, while deployed at Hoedspruit Air Base (AB) South Africa, during Operation ATLAS RESPONSE

Straight on medium shot as AIRMAN 1ST Class Cobb, a loadmaster assigned to the 17th Airlift Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, directs a forklift to offload pallets at Hoedspruit AFB, South Africa, from a C-17A Globemaster III. The equipment will be used during "Operation Atlas Response" to support aircraft (not shown) distributing 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

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Cobb, Howel - State: Georgia - Year: 1865

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

Two-year old Sebastian Cobb, son of U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Joseph Cobb from the 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron, talks to Santa Claus about his Christmas wish list at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., on Dec. 16, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by Kemberly Groue, CIV) (Released)

Straight on medium shot of US Marine GUNNERY Sergeant Elder, Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Platoon, Company A, 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marines, lands safely with his MC5 Freefall Square Parachute after completing a 9-thousand foot combat jump from a USAF C-130 Hercules aircraft (Not shown) during Force Reconnaissance Exercises at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

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 )

The US Navy (USN) flight demonstration team, the"Blue Angels,"fly their F/A-18A Hornet aircraft in tight formation with their support aircraft a US Marine Corps (USMC) C-130 Hercules aircraft dubbed,"Fat Albert,"over the Alaskan Mountain Range near Mt. McKinley enroute to a performance at Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska

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

Straight on rear view medium shot as multinational firefighters stationed in Butmir compound, Sarajevo, Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Forge, try to eliminate hazardous conditions by clearing 3 feet of snow on the top of a military building. Sarajevo encountered the deepest amount of snow in fifty years this winter. Roads were closed and some businesses (Roads and businesses not shown) were shut down for the four days of intense snow fall

Major (MAJ) Dondi Costin, US Air Force (USAF) Chaplain, provides spiritual assistance as US Personnel eat a Meals Ready to Eat (MRE) lunch while deployed to Beira, Mozambique in support of Operation ATLAS RESPONSE. The Operation is a Humanitarian Aid Operation directed by the US European Command (USEUCOM) to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding displaced over a million people from their homes

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A C-130 Hercules interior medium shot as US Air Force members of the 86th Air Mobility Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, unload by hand 13,000 pounds of loose humanitarian relief supplies at the International Airport at Maputo, Mozambique, Africa on 16 March 2000. This team is deployed here in support of Operation Atlas Response, a Humanitarian Aid Operation to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding (flooding and victims not shown) displaced over a million people from their homes

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