U.S. Air Force MASTER SGT. Jeffrey Wisely, a member of the Pacific Air Forces Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), Yokota Air Base, Japan, marshals in a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft carrying vehicles and supplies during Operation Unified Assistance at Bandanaike International Airport, Sri Lanka, on Jan. 13, 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 PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Chenzira Mallory) (Released)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Bandanaike International Aiport
Country: Sri Lanka (LKA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Chenzira Mallory, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
13/01/2005
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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