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Medium shot. U.S. Air Force Major General Joe Wehrle, commander of Joint Task Force, Operation Atlas Response, and Colonel Michael Russel, commander of Joint Special Operations Task Force at Beira, make a conference call with leaders in Maputo, Mozambique, and Air Force Base Hoedspruit, in South Africa, to obtain situational updates and arrange priorities for delivery of humanitarian relief to the people of Mozambique. To date Joint Special Operations, Task Force aircraft participating in Operation Atlas Response, have delivered more than 71 tons of humanitarian relief supplies on 102 flights to more than 20 locations

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Medium shot. U.S. Air Force Major General Joe Wehrle, commander of Joint Task Force, Operation Atlas Response, and Colonel Michael Russel, commander of Joint Special Operations Task Force at Beira, make a conference call with leaders in Maputo, Mozambique, and Air Force Base Hoedspruit, in South Africa, to obtain situational updates and arrange priorities for delivery of humanitarian relief to the people of Mozambique. To date Joint Special Operations, Task Force aircraft participating in Operation Atlas Response, have delivered more than 71 tons of humanitarian relief supplies on 102 flights to more than 20 locations

US Air Force (USAF) Major General (MGEN) Joe Wehrle, Commander, Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation ATLAS RESPONSE, exits a USAF C-130 Hercules aircraft at Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, while re-deploying from Mozambique, as humanitarian relief mission in Southern Africa comes to a close. 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

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Joe Martin, a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters Crew CHIEF assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron (RQS), readies his aircraft for redeployment at Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa as humanitarian relief missions in Southern Africa comes to a close. 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

United States Air Force Major General Joseph H. Wehrle Jr., commander 3rd Air Force and commander of Joint Task Force Operation Atlas Response and United Nations World Food Program representative Georgia Shaver, discuss the delivery of humanitarian relief supplies with local officials in the town of Machanga, Mozambique, where citizens continue to deal with problems caused by recent flooding. Curran and Wehrle flew to the site aboard two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters that delivered 7.5 tons of relief supplies. To date, Joint Task Force aircraft participating in Operation Atlas Response have delivered more than 71 tons of humanitarian relief supplies on 102 flights to more than 20 locations...

The United States Ambassador to Mozambique, Dean Curran (left) and United States Air Force Major General Joseph H. Wehrle Jr. (center), Commander 3rd Air Force and Commander of Joint Task Force Operation Atlas Response, discuss the delivery of humanitarian relief supplies with German Air Force Colonel Joachim Wundrak (right), the commander of the German contingent. To date, Joint Task Force aircraft participating in Operation Atlas Response have delivered more than 71 tons of humanitarian relief supplies on 102 flights to more than 20 locations. Maputo International Airport, Mozambique, 16 March 2000

US Air Force (USAF) MH-53J Pave Low IV helicopters from the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), land at Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, while re-deploying from Mozambique, as humanitarian relief missions in Southern Africa comes to a close. 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

US Air Force (USAF) Major General (MGEN) Joe Wehrle, Commander, Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation ATLAS RESPONSE, inspects the condition of the hospital and talks with local doctors in the town of Machanga, Mozambique, where citizens continue to deal with problems caused by recent flooding. USAF personnel are deployed here in support of Operation ATLAS RESPONSE, 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

US Ambassaor to Mozambique, The Honorable Dean Curran (right), poses for a photograph with a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft crewmember from the 37th Airlift Squaron, at the International Airport at Maputo, Mozambique, Africa uring Operation ATLAS RESPONSE. The Ambassaor has helpe Joint Special Operations Task Force aircraft an personnel participating in Operation Atlas Response to be able to eliver more than 71-tons of humanitarian relief supplies on 102 flights to more than 20 locations in Central an Southern Mozambique. The Operation is a Humanitarian Ai Operation irecte by the US European Comman (USEUCOM) to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooing...

A US Air Force (USAF) MH-53J Pave Low IV helicopter from the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), lands at Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, while re-deploying from Mozambique, as humanitarian relief missions in Southern Africa comes to a close. 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

U.S. Air Force Major General Joe Wehrle (Background), Commander of Joint Task Force Operation Atlas Response, and USAF Colonel Michael Russel, Commander of Joint Special Operations Task Force at Beira, make a conference call with leaders in Maputo, Mozambique, and Air Force Base Hoedspruit in South Africa, to obtain situational updates and arrange priorities for delivery of humanitarian relief to the people of Mozambique. To date, Joint Special Operations Task Force aircraft participating in Operation Atlas Response have delivered more than 71 tons of humanitarian relief supplies on 102 flights to more than 20 locations

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Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE

Base: Beira

State: Sofala

Country: Mozambique (MOZ)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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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

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Brian Patterson helps load Plumpy Sup

U.S. Airmen and Soldiers load relief supplies into

Iraqi special operations Soldiers recover a simulated casualty during a training exercise Jan. 28, 2006, near Baghdad, Iraq. With assistance from the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Arabian Peninsula, the Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade has been increasingly taking the lead in conducting both training and real-world special operations throughout the country. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Earnest A. Christian) (RELEASED)

U.S. Army Maj. Erik Buendia, assigned to the 403rd

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 )

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Patrick Wagnon, assigned

U.S. Air Force personnel with the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, prepare pallets of sacks of wheat flour in preparation for loading onto a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft which will fly into Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina on a relief mission. The three-year-old relief effort has been able to resume their relief missions after a five month hold due to aircraft receiving ground fire over Sarajevo. The C-130 crews fly two missions a day into the Sarajevo airport dropping off approximately 30 metric tons of wheat flour to the besieged residents.PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Bruce Sherwood

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

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

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James D. Craig, right, commanding

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