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A member of the 721 Tanker Airlift Control Element rides out to off load a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft. The C-17 from the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB, South Carolina, is one of many Air Mobility Command (AMC) aircraft currently tasked to airlift equipment and supplies to Puerto Rico and neighboring Caribbean Islands struck by Hurricane George

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Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads

State: Puerto Rico (PR)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Efrain Gonzalez, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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23/09/1998
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