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U.S. Air Force personnel from the 86th Air Operational Support Squadron, using a forklift, offload equipment and supplies from a C-130E Hercules, assigned to the 86th Air Wing, Ramstein AB, Germany, at Abidjan Relix/Houphounet/Boigny International Airport, Cote d' Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Operation Assured Lift, is a 17- day United States airlift and support mission assisting West African states deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT Country: Cote D' Ivoire (CIV) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Public Comb More

U.S. Air Force ground crewman marshals in a C-130E Hercules, assigned to the 86th Air Wing, Ramstein AB, Germany, at Abidjan Relix/Houphounet/Boigny International Airport, Cote d' Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Operation Assured Lift, is a 17 -day United States airlift and support mission assisting West African states deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT Country: Cote D' Ivoire (CIV) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Public Comb More

Economic Community Military Observation Group (ECOMOG) Ghana Army troops in a 86th Air Wing, Ramstein AB, Germany C-130E Hercules are enroute to Robert's International Airport, Liberia for a six month deployment. Operation Assured Lift, is a 17-day United States airlift and support mission assisting West African states deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT Country: West Africa Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

U.S. Air Force Captain Daniel J. Gillis III, a pilot from the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Air Wing, Ramstein AB, Germany, flies his C-130E Hercules enroute from Bamako/Senou Airport, Mali to Robert's International Airport, Liberia. Operation Assured Lift, is a 17 day United States airlift and support mission assisting West African states deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT Country: West Africa Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

U.S. Army Special Forces from the 3rd Special Forces Group, 1ST Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C., off load supplies and equipment from an 86th Air Wing, Ramstein AB, Germany C-130E Hercules at Robert's International Airport, located outside Monrovia, Liberia. The Special Forces Group will be providing security for U.S. military aircraft participating in Operation Assured Lift, a 17 day United States airlift and support mission assisting West African states deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT Country: Liberia (LBR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

U.S. Air Force fire fighter from the 86th Civil Engineering Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany and Economic Community Military Observation Group (ECOMOG) Nigerian Army troops fill an Air Force fire truck with water at the Firestone rubber plant located outside Robert's International Airport, Liberia. The U.S. Air Force fire fighters are deployed to provide aircraft emergency support during Operation Assured Lift, a 17 day United States airlift and support mission assisting West African states deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT Country: Liberia (LBR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

Nigerian Army soldier, part of the Economic Community Military Observation Group (ECOMOG), mans one of the six security checkpoints on the 36 mile road leading from Robert's International Airport to Monrovia, Liberia. The Nigerians were replaced by other ECOMOG nations during Operation Assured Lift, a 17 day United States airlift and support mission assisting West African states deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT Country: Liberia (LBR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

Economic Community Military Observation Group 13 (ECOMOG) Ghana Army troops board a U.S. Air Force, 86th Air Wing, Ramstein AB, Germany C-130E Hercules airlifter at Accra Airport, Ghana. The troops are being airlifted to Robert's International Airport, Liberia for a six month deployment. Operation Assured Lift is a 17- day United States airlift and support mission assisting the West African states deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT Country: Ghana (GHA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

Economic Community Military Observation Group 13 (ECOMOG) Ghana Army troops deploy from Kotoka International Airport. The troops are being airlifted to Robert's International Airport, Liberia for a six month deployment on U.S. military aircraft participating in Operation Assured Lift, a 17- day United States airlift and support mission assisting the West African states deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force. A U.S. Air Force videographer is seen recording the deployment

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT Base: Accra Country: Ghana (GHA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Public More

Economic Community Military Observation Group 13 (ECOMOG) Ghana Army troops load supplies on a U.S. Air Force, 86th Air Wing, Ramstein AB, Germany C-130E Hercules at Accra Airport, Ghana. The troops are being airlifted to Robert's International Airport, Liberia for a six month deployment on U.S. military aircraft participating in Operation Assured Lift, a 17- day United States airlift and support mission assisting the West African states deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT Country: Ghana (GHA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

MASTER Sergeant Thomas A. Nelson (far left), from the 3rd Special Forces Group, 1ST Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C., checks out the Economic Community Military Observation Group 13 (ECOMOG) Ghana Army troops in formation at Accra Airport Ghana. The troops are being airlifted to Robert's International Airport, Liberia for a six month deployment on U.S. military aircraft participating in Operation Assured Lift, a 17- day United States airlift and support mission assisting the West African states deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT Country: Ghana (GHA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

Major General Tad J. Oelstrom (center) listens as U.S. Army COL. Gerald Saltness (right), talks to Ghana Army Colonel George Brock about the Ghana Army troops being airlifted on U.S. military aircraft. The troops are participating in Operation Assured Lift, a 17 day United States airlift and support mission assisting West African states in deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force. MAJ. GEN. Oelstrom is Commander of US Air Force Europe 3rd Air Force, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom and Commander of Joint Task Force Operation Assured Lift. COL. Saltness is the U.S. Embassy Defense Attache (DAO) in Abidjan Cote d'Ivore (Ivory Coast). Ghana ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Major General Tad J. Oelstrom (center) listens as U.S. Army Col. Gerald Saltness (right), talks to Ghana Army Colonel George Br More