Air Force C-17A Globemaster III crewmembers hang up an American flag on the front bulkhead during the first Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) mission over Afghanistan. Air Force C-17`s delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17`s carried more than 35,000 HDRs packed in 84 TRIAD boxes. Each box measures 80 inches tall and 48 inches square, containing 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a first of its kind, high-altitude airdrop. This is the first operational TRIAD delivery from a C-17 aircraft as well as the first combat airdrop mission performed by the C-17
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
Scene Major Command Shown: UNDISCLOSED
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary M. Humphries, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
07/10/2001
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