The 169th Operations Support Flight (OSF) from McEntire Air National Guard Station, South Carolina, airlifted hurricane relief supplies to La Mesa International Airport, Honduras. On the ramp at La Mesa, the supplies were off-loaded by hand. The C-130 Hercules was borrowed from the Louisiana Air National Guard's 159th Fighter Wing. Local news teams and journalism students(not shown) from the University of South Carolina were also transported to get media coverage of South Carolina Army National Guard Civil Engineers deployed in Honduras
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: La Mesa International Airport
Country: Honduras (HND)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Edward Snyder
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
23/02/1999
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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