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TECH. SGT. Nelson Gordon, a C-141 Starlifter flight engineer, from the 452nd Avionics Maintenance Wing (AMW) Air Force Reserve (AFRES), March AFB, Calif, observe aerial refueling missions over Zaire

MAJ. Jeffrey Richenberger, a C-141 Starlifter pilot, from the 452nd Avionics Maintenance Wing (AMW), Air Force Reserve (AFRES), March AFB, Calif

A C-141 Starlifter from the 729th Airlift Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, California, flies over the Grand Canyon during a recent mission

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Jose Chaudez, a loadmaster, assigned to the 730th Airlift Squadron (AS), March Air Reserve Base (ARB), California (CA), reviews his weight and balance forms, prior to takeoff on the last C-141B Starlifter cargo aircraft air drop mission at Fort Benning, Georgia (GA)

Members of the 452nd Avionics Maintenance Wing (AMW) Air Force Reserve (AFRES), March AFB, Calif., prepare to unload relief cargos from a C-141 Starlifter aircraft

Captain Chad Hinkle, 730th Airlift Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, California, sits in the pilot's position on a C-141 Starlifter aircraft headed for Cherry Point, North Carolina to take part in Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFX) 98-1

MASTER SGT. Van Cowan, a C-141 loadmaster, from the 452nd Avionics Maintenance Wing (AMW) Air Force Reserve (AFRES), March AFB, Calif., prepare to unload relief cargos

On the flight deck of a US Air Force (USAF) C-141 Starlifter cargo aircraft, Major (MAJ) Curt Ganther a Navigator assigned to the 730th Airlift Squadron (AS), March Air Reserve Base (ARB), California (CA), checks his navigational charts in preparation for the C-141 Starlifters last airdrop mission at Fort Benning, Georgia (GA)

A C-141 Starlifter cargo aircraft from the 452nd Avionics Maintenance Wing (AMW) Air Force Reserve (AFRES), March AFB, Calif, flew in relief goods. Their mission is to assist refugees who entered Zaire in massive surge to flee the civil war in Rwanda

CAPT. Kent Hughes, a C-141 Starlifter pilot, from the 729th Airlift Squadron (ALS) Air Force Reserve (AFRES), March AFB, Calif, conduct aerial refueling missions over Zaire

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Subject Operation/Series: Support Hope

Base: Goma

Country: Zaire (ZAR)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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An Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft refuels a C-141B Starlifter aircraft (as seen from the KC-10) during the return flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to Christchurch, New Zealand. The C-141 has just completed an airdrop during Operation Deep Freeze

Air-to-air, side view of a 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-10A Extender from March AFB, California preparing to refuel an in trail 60th Airlift Wing's C-5B Galaxy over the High Sierra mountains in northern California. Exact Date Shot Unknown

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Rear view of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft, with contrails, flying toward the setting sun. The aircraft is returning to Christchurch, New Zealand, after a successful airdrop over Antarctica

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US Marine Corps Corporal Joseph Calebro uses an AN/PSC-3 Satellite Communications Radio on the tarmac at Pointe Noire, Congo. Corporal Calebro is attached to VMGR-252 (Detachment Bravo) to provide KC-130 Hercules aircraft secure communications while deployed in support of PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

Major (MAJ) Tom Alicata (left), USAF, Pilot, and MAJ Tony Piso, USAF, Co-Pilot, 76th Airlift Squadron (AS), Ramstein Air Base, Germany, call for weather update before takeoff in a VC-9C Nightingale

Rwandan refugees curiously observe cargo off-load operations of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft from the 452nd Avionics Maintenance Wing (AMW) Air Force Reserve (AFRES), March AFB, Calif

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