A Military Airlift Command officer escorts an Afghan man from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft to a bus following their arrival on base. The man is one of 25 Afghan civilians being transported to the U.S. Air Force Regional Medical Center at Weisbaden, West Germany, for specialized medical treatment following injuries incurred as a result of Afghanistan's civil war. The patients will later be evacuated to hospitals in Europe and the United States for donated medical assistance
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Rhein-Main Air Base
Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Patrick Nugent
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
09/05/1986
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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