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A left rear view of a C-5A Galaxy aircraft from Travis Air Force Base, California, being loaded with cargo by members of the 374th Aerial Port Squadron. The aircraft is participating in Project Diego Garcia airlift operations

A rear view of a C-5A Galaxy aircraft from Travis Air Force Base, California, being loaded with cargo by members of the 374th Aerial Port Squadron. The aircraft is participating in Project Diego Garcia airlift operations

A view of the crew in the cockpit of a C-5 Galaxy as they fly their aircraft to Diego Garcia from Clark Air Base, Philippines. The plane and its crew, participating in Diego Garcia Airlift Operations Project '81, are from Travis Air Force Base, California

An air-to-air left side view of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft, in a camouflage paint scheme, flying over San Francisco Bay

Aerial view of Air Mobility Command's C-5 Galaxy assigned to the 60th Airlift Wing, Travis Air Force Base flying over the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Air to air front view of a Air Mobility Command's 60th Military Airlift Wing's C-5 Galaxy as it takes off from Travis AFB, California. Base flight line and runway are in the background. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A front view of a 60th Airlift Wing C-5 Galaxy transport, with landing lights illuminated, coming in for a landing at Travis Air Force Base. Exact Date Shot Unknown

The island of Diego Garcia appears on the radarscope of an approaching C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The island is being used as home base for Airlift Operations Project '81, directed by the Military Sealift Command

A right side view of a 75th Airlift Squadron (75th AS) C-5 Galaxy aircraft landing on base

A right front view of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft approaching the runway of the island. The aircraft and its crew, from Travis Air Force Base, California, are participating in Airlift Operations Project '81

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Subject Operation/Series: AIRLIFT OPERATIONS PROJECT '81

Base: Naval Air Station, Diego Garcia

Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Alex R. Taningco

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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right front view galaxy aircraft galaxy aircraft runway island crew travis air force base california airlift operations project airlift operations project c 5 galaxy naval air station air force front view diego garcia staff sergeant high resolution c 5 galaxy aircraft british indian ocean territory ssgt alex us air force us navy naval aviation usaf air force base military aircraft 1980 s aircrafts 1980 s us national archives
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12/01/1981
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label_outline Explore Airlift Operations Project, Ssgt Alex, British Indian Ocean Territory

An aerial view of the runway and air operations area at the naval air facility

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Graves, 393rd Expeditionary

A right front view of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft in flight during Exercise GLOBAL SHIELD '84

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Passing rain clouds, during sunrise, frame a C-5B Galaxy that is parked on one of Malmstrom Air Force Base's taxiways. The C-5 was used to transport personnel and equipment for the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI), which tests a unit's ability to operate in a simulated wartime environment

KC-10 aircraft from Travis Air Force base, California and McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey and B-52H aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, deployed to the 2nd Air Expeditionary Squadron, Naval Station Diego Garcia, stand by on the flightline in support of Operation DESERT THUNDER 2

An air-to-air right front view of a C-21A aircraft from the 1375th Flying Training Squadron

A right front view of a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9), as a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter lands behind it during operations off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon

An air-to-air front view of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft over Lake Berryessa. The C-5, one of the first to be painted in a camouflage pattern, is en route to Cairo, Egypt

A soldier looks at a 433rd Military Airlift Wing C-5 Galaxy aircraft from his vantage point atop an M-551 Sheridan light tank. The equipment is being deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield

Air Force and civilian personnel push a pallet of ammunition toward the back of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft. The C-5 is being used to transport 155 mm M198 howitzers and ammunition to Thailand

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right front view galaxy aircraft galaxy aircraft runway island crew travis air force base california airlift operations project airlift operations project c 5 galaxy naval air station air force front view diego garcia staff sergeant high resolution c 5 galaxy aircraft british indian ocean territory ssgt alex us air force us navy naval aviation usaf air force base military aircraft 1980 s aircrafts 1980 s us national archives