Security personnel and air crew members prepare to escort former hostage Mithileshwar Singh to an awaiting vehicle as he disembarks from a 41st Military Airlift Squadron C-141B Starlifter aircraft following his flight from Damascus, Syria. Singh, an Indian citizen with permanent resident alien status in the Untied States, was released in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 3 by his Moslem fundamentalist captors after more than 20 months in captivity