This John Deere 544E-H 6000-pound forklift will upload the last bit of cargo at Taszar Air Base, Hungary. Loadmasters and Air Mobility personnel work together, completing a hasty trade downloading and uploading cargo with engines running. The aircraft personnel, Green Hornets, are deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for a 100-day Temporary Duty (TDY) tour assisting Operation JOINT GUARD (previously Operation Joint Endeavor). Flying C-130 Hercules every day to the Former Yugoslav region (primarily Tuzla), they pickup and deliver cargo and passengers in support of JOINT GUARD. Tuzla is the dispersion and collection point for supplies, vehicles and personnel. JOINT GUARD enforces the...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: This John Deere 544E-H 6000-pound forklift will upload the last bit of cargo at Taszar Air Base, Hungary. Loadmasters and Air Mobility personnel work together, completing a hasty trade downloading and uploading cargo with engines running. The aircraft personnel, Green Hornets, are deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for a 100-day Temporary Duty (TDY) tour assisting Operation JOINT GUARD (previously Operation Joint Endeavor). Flying C-130 Hercules every day to the Former Yugoslav region (primarily Tuzla), they pickup and deliver cargo and passengers in support of JOINT GUARD. Tuzla is the dispersion and collection point for supplies, vehicles and personnel. JOINT GUARD enforces the Dayton Peace Accords and with multi-national allies continues to monitor the militaries of the former warring factions and provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD

Base: Taszar Air Base

Country: Hungary (HUN)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John E. Lasky, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files