STAFF Sergeant Scott Hirshenberger guides AIRMAN 1ST Class Rashidi Bennett as he uses a forklift to load a cargo pallet onto a C-130 aircraft at Maputo Airport, Mozambique. Hirshenberger and Bennett are both aerial porters from the 86th Air Mobility Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Two C-130s and crews from the 41st Airlift Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, are airlifting equipment and personnel deployed from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, England, to Nampula, Mozambique, for MEDFLAG 01-2 exercise. MEDFLAG 01-2 is a Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe led real-world exercise designed to test the ability of its personnel to form and deploy the ...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: Staff Sergeant Scott Hirshenberger guides Airman 1st Class Rashidi Bennett as he uses a forklift to load a cargo pallet onto a C-130 aircraft at Maputo Airport, Mozambique. Hirshenberger and Bennett are both aerial porters from the 86th Air Mobility Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Two C-130s and crews from the 41st Airlift Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, are airlifting equipment and personnel deployed from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, England, to Nampula, Mozambique, for MEDFLAG 01-2 exercise. MEDFLAG 01-2 is a Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe led real-world exercise designed to test the ability of its personnel to form and deploy the core of a humanitarian relief operation joint task force. They are deploying for two weeks to Nampula, Mozambique to provide training to Mozambique forces in mass casualty disaster response, life support procedures, self-aid and buddy care, and moulage application or injury simulation training.
Subject Operation/Series: MEDFLAG 01-2
Base: Maputo International Airport
State: Inhambane
Country: Mozambique (MOZ)
Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Rasheen A. Douglas, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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