U.S. Air Force MASTER SGT Jeff Wisley, a member of the Pacific Air Force Tactical Airlift Control Element, Yokota Air Base, Japan, marshals in a C-5 Galaxy aircraft from 60th Airlift Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., during Operation Unified Assistance at Bandanaike International Airport, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 14, 2005. 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 Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT Val Gempis) (Released)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Bandanaike International Airport
State: Colombo
Country: Sri Lanka (LKA)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
14/01/2005
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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