United States Army Special Forces from 3rd Special Forces Group, 1ST Battalion, out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, off load supplies and equipment from a C-130E Hercules aircraft assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing at Roberts International Airport located outside of Monrovia, Liberia. The Special Forces Group will be providing security for United States Military aircraft landing in Liberia in support of Operation ASSURED LIFT. ASSURED LIFT is a Joint Task Force Operation to provide airlift and other logistical support to West African states that are deploying more than 600 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping mission
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT
Base: Roberts International Airport
Country: Liberia (LBR)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Paul R. Caron, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
17/02/1997
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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