A US Air Force (USAF) MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft assigned to 67th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) refuels a USAF MH-53J Pave Low IV helicopter from the 21st SOS. Both Squadrons are deployed to Air Force Base Hoedspruit, South Africa, to support 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
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE
Base: Hoedspruit Air Force Base
Country: South Africa (ZAF)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary Humphries, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
18/03/2000
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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