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AIRMAN First Class Mario Menizabal, a load master on a C-141 Starlifter and Captain Ken Vaneyk, a co-pilot on a C-141, pass the time by playing chess at the Libreville International Airport, Gabon, prior to missions for Operation PHOENIX GAUNTLET. Both airmen are from the 4th Airlift Squadron, McCord Air Force Base, Washington. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

STAFF Sergeant Leo Martin, SENIOR AIRMAN Mike Evans, and SENIOR AIRMAN Robert Herring, all Security Police from the 437th SPS, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, patrol the aircraft with their ATV (all terrain vehicle) at the Libreville International Airport, Gabon, prior to missions for Operation PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

AIRMAN First Class Carla Percy, a TALC operator for the 621st Air Mobility Control Squadron (AMCS), McGuire Air Force Base, looks on as Captain John Groff, the Tanker Airlift Control (TALC) OPS officer, fills out airflow plans while deployed at the Libreville International Airport, Gabon, prior to Operation PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Adam Smith assigned to the 16th Special Operations Wing, marshals a MC-130H Talon aircraft onto the tarmac as it prepares to leave Hurlburt Field, Fla, as part of the Advanced Contingency Team leaving for Fort Campbell, Kentucky on Sept. 12, 2004, in preparation for Hurricane Ivan. (US Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Kimberly Gilligan) (Released)

A US Air Force MC-130 Combat Talon, of the Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida, being unloaded on the Brazzaville, Congo, flightline next to a Belgium C-130H Combat Talon II. MC-130E/H provide infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of special operations forces and equipment in hostile or denied territory. Aircraft and personnel have deployed to Congo, from both the United States and Belgium, in support of Phoenix Gauntlet. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

Members of United States Marine Corps VMGR-252 Squadron work on the auxiliary Power Unit of a KC-130R Hercules transport aircraft on the Brazzaville, Congo flightline. Reading the technical manual are Corporal Hunter Spinks (left) and Lance Corporal Dustin Sherlin while STAFF Sergeant SSGT Matt Davis (kneeling) and SSGT J. L. Gordon (sitting) work on the actual unit during PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

A US Marine Corps MH-53E Super Stallion kicks up dust as it flares for landing at Maya Maya Aeroport located in Brazzaville, Congo. The MH-53 is assigned to HM-365 on board the USS Nassau and is in Brazzaville in preparation for the Marine Corps take-over of PHOENIX GAUNTLET operation from the Joint Task Force (JTF). PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

Major General Tad Oelstrom, 3rd Air Force Commander, Mildenhall England, oversees flightline operations on the Brazzaville, Congo, ramp. General Oelstrom is in charge of US Air Force personnel and assets at Brazzaville for PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

SENIOR AIRMAN Scott Mousseau, a C-17 Globemaster III, Electro-environment SPECIALIST with the 637th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS) from Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, preflight the aircraft prior to take off from the Libreville International Airport, Gabon, Africa, prior to Operation PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Arthur Navarro and SENIOR AIRMAN Shane Allred, assigned to the 100th Supply Squadron, Mildenhall England, hold down fueling hoses and lean back into the wind as a Special Operations Command MC-130H Combat Talon II pushes out from its parking spot at the Brazzaville airport. The MC-130H was participating in PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

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Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX GAUNTLET

Base: Brazzaville

Country: Congo (COG)

Scene Camera Operator: A1C Gregory L. Davis, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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US Embassy in Brazzaville - Embassy Mission Residence - 1979

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 1-185th Armor, 81st Armor Brigade, arrive at a village near Balad, Iraq, on September 10, 2004, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The area reconnaissance patrol mission is to deny anti-Iraqi forces the freedom to operate and move throughout the countryside. U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Shane A. Cuomo) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Shane Cronin videos members of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) unloading cargo from a JASDF C-130 Hercules during Exercise COPE NORTH at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

2nd Lt. Shane Neal receives guidance from Cpt. Douglas

U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. Jason Arnott, crew chief and STAFF SGT. Eric Shaw, flight engineer, 55th Rescue Squadron, on an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter, spot for the pilot and co-pilot as they prepare to land on the U.S. Naval Ship (USNS) Henry J. Kaiser class fleet USNS RAPPAHANNOCK replenishment oiler (T-A) 204) in the Pacific Ocean, on Sept. 15, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Lanie McNeal) (RELEASED)

US Marine Corps Corporal Joseph Calebro uses an AN/PSC-3 Satellite Communications Radio on the tarmac at Pointe Noire, Congo. Corporal Calebro is attached to VMGR-252 (Detachment Bravo) to provide KC-130 Hercules aircraft secure communications while deployed in support of PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

STS101-394-003 - STS-101 - View of ventilation hoses aboard the ISS

A piece of blue jeans smolders on the ground near the wreckage of an Angolan AN-24 Cargo aircraft at the Brazzaville, Congo, airport. The jeans were cut off of a crewmember as he was pulled from the wreckage by US and Belgium personnel who were on location for PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

An Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Soldier provides outer security with a Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifle on a roof top overlooking the area of operation at Camp Ali home of the 60th ICDC Brigade training camp during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and Operation GAUNTLET

US Marine Corps First Lieutenant Brian Briggs and US Marine Corps STAFF Sergeant Shane Scovill of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, work together to level freshly poured cement at the community center in Babonneau, Saint Lucia. Approximately 100 US Marines, Soldiers and Airmen personnel have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of the Operation NEW HORIZONS. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

A ground crewman directs a US Air Force E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft from its parking spot. The aircraft is beginning a mission over Turkey in support of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

Kenyan workers take time out from pumping fuel to smile for the camera. The tail section of a C-141 Starlifter is in the background. U.S. military cargo aircraft fly daily relief missions to Goma, Zaire to help the Rwandan refugees

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