U.S. Air Force MAJ. Brian Geronime (left seat), CAPT. Jason Fodor (right seat), both C-130 Hercules cargo pilots, together with STAFF SGT. Michael Whipple, flight engineer (right), and 1ST LT. Matthew Campbell (standing), taxi out from Phuket, Thailand, on Jan. 8, 2005, after they transported an engineering assessment team duirng Operation Unified Assistance. The crew is from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis)...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: U.S. Air Force MAJ. Brian Geronime (left seat), CAPT. Jason Fodor (right seat), both C-130 Hercules cargo pilots, together with STAFF SGT. Michael Whipple, flight engineer (right), and 1ST LT. Matthew Campbell (standing), taxi out from Phuket, Thailand, on Jan. 8, 2005, after they transported an engineering assessment team duirng Operation Unified Assistance. The crew is from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

Base: Phuket

Country: Thailand (THA)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF

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