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A row of USAF C-141 Starlifter aircraft from the 305TH and 514TH Air Mobility Squadrons, McGuire AFB, New Jersey sit parked on the tarmac at McGuire AFB. The aircraft are grounded from flying missions in response to a recent mishap where an aircraft and crew was lost off the coast of Africa

A C-141C Starlifter from March Air Reserve Base, California, is towed into the maintenance hangar in Christchurch, New Zealand. The aircraft landing gear suffered a stress fracture and will be repaired so the aircraft can resume missions transporting cargo and personnel to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001

US Air Force Colonel Samuel F. Oglesby, Commander of the 702nd Airlift Squadron, pilots at McGuire C-141 Starlifter and prepares to receive fuel from a McGuire KC-10 Extender during the Squadron's "final-flight" at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey on March 31, 2000

Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Steve Randall, a crew chief, 452nd Maintenance Squadron (452nd MS), March Air Reserve Base (ARB), California, removes a panel to check for a fuel leak, on a C-141C Starlifter. Christchurch, New Zealand, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001-2002

1LT Richard E. Dunshee, a co-pilot assigned to the 438th Military Airlift Wing, escorts one of the injured survivors of a DC-10 passenger aircraft crash to a waiting Military Airlift Command C-141 Starlifter. The C-141 is assigned to airlift 49 injured survivors and 35 of their family members to McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey

US Air Force Members of 305th Air Mobility Command, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, man the cockpit of a C-141B Starlifter during an airdrop exercise. The exercise is designed to test the capabilities of McGuire's aircrews. The C-141B's are capable of rapid tactical airdrop missions to any part of the world. The exercise took place on the Drop Zone in Lakehurst Naval Air Station, NJ on March 14, 2000

A US Air Force (USAF) C-141B Starlifter aircraft, 305th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), pulls away after refueling in flight from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, 931st Air Refueling Group (ARG), Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), McConnell AFB, Kansas (KS), during the aerial refueling competition portion of the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, Washington (WA)

US Air Force (USAF) Major General (MGEN) Richard Mentemeyer (left), Commander, 305th Air Mobility Wing, mans the flight controls in the cockpit of a USAF KC-10 Extender aircraft, during his final flight as Wing Commander, at McGuire AFB, New Jersey (NJ)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Kayter, 305th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), 305th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), 514th AMW Air Force Reserve (AFRES), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), perform post-flight maintenance on his C-141B Starlifter after arriving at McChord AFB, Washington (WA), to participate in the week-long USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition

US Air Force Brigadier General Craig Rasmussen, Commander of the 305TH Air Mobility Squadron, McGuire AFB, New Jersey conducts a press conference to announce the disappearance of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft, off the coast of Africa. The aircraft was reported missing on 13 September 1997

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Base: Mcguire Air Force Base

State: New Jersey (NJ)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Gary Ell USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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brigadier general craig rasmussen air force brigadier general craig rasmussen commander mobility air mobility squadron mcguire afb mcguire afb new jersey press conference disappearance starlifter aircraft starlifter aircraft coast africa air force c 141 starlifter us air force air force base us air force general high resolution mcguire air force base c 141 starlifter aircraft gary ell usaf us national archives
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16/09/1997
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brigadier general craig rasmussen air force brigadier general craig rasmussen commander mobility air mobility squadron mcguire afb mcguire afb new jersey press conference disappearance starlifter aircraft starlifter aircraft coast africa air force c 141 starlifter us air force air force base us air force general high resolution mcguire air force base c 141 starlifter aircraft gary ell usaf us national archives