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Globemaster Iii Loadmaster Watches

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A night vision shot as a US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III loadmaster watches as his cargo of Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) loaded with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) slides toward the ramp and out of the aircraft during the successful C-17 humanitarian airdrop. Air Force C-17's delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17's carried more than 35,000 HDRs packed in 84 TRIAD boxes. Each box measures 80 inches tall and 48 inches square, containing 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a of its kind, high-altitude airdrop. This is the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A night vision shot as a US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III loadmaster watches as his cargo of Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System ( More
An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster watches the first successful C-17 humanitarian airdrop of the Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) loaded with Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs) clears the aircraft. Air Force C-17s delivered HDRs in Support of ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17s carried over 35,000 HDRs packaged in 84 TRIAD boxes, measuring 80 inches tall and 48 by 48 inches square, each filled with 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a first of its kind, high altitude airdrop. This is the first operational TRIAD delivery from C-17 aircraft and the first combat airdrop mission performed by a C-17....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster watches the first successful C-17 humanitarian airdrop of the Tri-Wall Aerial Deliv More