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STAFF Sergeant William E. Pace, a loadmaster with the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, performs spotter duties as his C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft enters Bosnian airspace in support of Operation JOINT GUARD. As a spotter, he is required to look out the side window for any surface to air threat and report this threat to the pilot who will perform evasive maneuvers. JOINT GUARD is the NATO peacekeeping mission that monitors the militaries of the former warring factions and provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina

US Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen arrived at Tuzla Air Base and is escorted by US Army and Air Force officals. The Secretary is at Tuzla visiting Stabilization Force (SFOR) soldiers in support of Operation JOINT GUARD in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Secretary arrived on a C-17 Globemaster III from the 17th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. JOINT GUARD is the multi-national peacekeeping mission that provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina

STAFF Sergeant William E. Pace, a loadmaster with the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, conducts a after landing visual check of a C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft after it has landed at Sarajevo International Airport. The 14th Airlift Squadron is providing inter-theater transport capability to the former Yugoslavia region in support of Operation Joint Guard. JOINT GUARD is the NATO peacekeeping mission that monitors the militaries of the former warring factions and provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina

STAFF Sergeant Brian D. McGriff, a loadmaster with the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, drives a 1008 pick-up vehicle out of a C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft and on to Sarajevo International Airport. The 14th Airlift Squadron is providing inter-theater transport capability to the former Yugoslavia region in support of Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD is the NATO peacekeeping mission that monitors the militaries of the former warring factions and provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina

STAFF Sergeant Brian D. McGriff, a loadmaster with the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, checks for obstacles that might hamper the clearance of the C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft as it taxis on the ramp of Sarajevo International Airport. The 14th Airlift Squadron is providing inter-theater transport capability to the former Yugoslavia region in support of Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD is the NATO peacekeeping mission that monitors the militaries of the former warring factions and provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC), Cliff James, USAF, a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft pilot assigned to the 117TH Air Refueling Wing, Birmingham, AL performs the pre-flight check in the cockpit, at Le Tube AB 125, Istres, France before flying a mission over the Balkans in support of Operation JOINT FORGE. As the 1998 National Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-led Stabilization Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina transitioned to a slightly smaller follow on force. Simultaneously, Operation JOINT GUARD ended and Operation JOINT FORGE began

Members of the Russian honor guard stand by after William S. Cohen, the US Secretary of Defense, arrived at Tuzla Air Base to visit Stabilization Force (SFOR) soldiers in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Secretary arrived on a C-17 Globemaster III from the 17th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. In addition to this mission, the 17th Airlift Squadron is providing inter-theater transport capability to the former Yugoslavia region in support of Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD is the multi-national peacekeeping mission that provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina

BGEN George Casey (USA), Assistant Division Commander (Maneuvers), 1ST Armored Division, and COL Paul Cooper (USAF), Commander 4100th Group Provisional, greets GEN Michael A. Ryan (USAF), CINC USAFE, upon his arrival at Tuzla AB, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during his visit to Bosnia during Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

Captain Chris Ballard, a navigator assigned to the 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, conducts a status check of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft's on board navigational equipment enroute to Tuzla Air Base in the former Yugoslavia in support of Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to...

Colonel Robert Byrd, Commander of the 401st Expeditionary Air Base Group (EABG) at Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia, points out improvements being made to the living areas to General Michael R. Lee, 22nd Air Force Commander, (AFRES) during a visit to the base to discover first hand how AFRES personnel are performing their mission in support of Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD is the peacekeeping mission that provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina

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Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD

Base: Tuzla Air Base

Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Scene Camera Operator: A1C Gregory L. Davis, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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A US Army United Defense LP M109 155mm Paladin Self-propelled Howitzer, 1Bn/7FA, 1ST Infantry Division travels in a convoy on the Route Arizona roadway. This unit is in Bosnia to serve as a covering force for the 1ST Armored Division's redeployment during Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

C-130 Hercules aircrew Engineer STAFF Sergeant Jeff Morgan (left) and Navigator Catain Keith Allbritten, 61st Airlift Squadron, discuss the status of the lanes chafe and flares with an electronic warfare secialist rior to flying into the former Yugoslavia region. The chafe and flares are discharged when the early warning system or a loadmaster erceives a ossible threat to the lane from anti aircraft armament or surface to air missiles. The Green Hornets are deloyed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for a 100 day Temorary Duty (TDY) tour assisting Oeration JOINT GUARD (reviously Oeration JOINT ENDEAVOR). Flying C-130s every day to the Former Yugoslav region (rimarily Tuzla) they...

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Robert T. Meunier, left, of Seattle, signs enlistment

SSGT Steve Haga (USAF), 5th Operations Support Squadron, SRA John Ankeny (USAF), 27th Operations Support Squadron, and TSGT Dennis Boggs (USAF), 33rd Combat Communications Squadron, monitor flight operations as air traffic controllers, 4100th Group Provisional (USAF), inside the Precision Approach Radar facility at Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords

United States Air Force personnel assigned to the 401st Expeditionary Air Base Group, Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina, off load supplies from an Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft out of Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, with an M13K forklift. The C-130 is at Tuzla Air Base in support of Operation Joint Guard

US Air Force (USAF) 6th Operations Group (OG) Commander (CO) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Bobby Fowler (front left), briefs the 18th Air Force Commander (AFCOM), Lieutenant General (LGEN) William Welser, all aspects of the KC-135R Stratotanker air-to-air refueling aircraft during the General's visit to the 6th Air Mobility Wing (AMW) and MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL)

Former POW and U.S. Air Force LCOL Lewis Wiley Shattuck (Captured 11 Jul 66) salutes the American Flag upon his arrival on the C-141 Starlifter from Clark Air Base, Philippines. In the background MGEN John Gonge, 22nd Air Force Commander and MGEN Daniel "Chappie" James await the next returnee to deplane. LCOL Shattuck was in the first group of POWs released on 12 Feb 73 by the North Vietnamese government in Hanoi

At the 30th Space Wing Change of Command Ceremony held at Vandenberg Air Force Base California, Colonel Stephen L. Lanning, USAF, (left), 30th Space Wing Commander, passes guideon to 14th Air Force Commander, Major General William R. Looney III, USAF. Command will pass to Colonel Robert M. Worley II, who arrived from Headquarters, United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington D.C., where he served as CHIEF of the Space Superiority Division

A U.S. Soldier of 2nd Platoon, 500th Engineer Company,

First Lieutenant (1LT) Rui Costa, Portuguese Army, Platoon Leader, explains the embarkment procedures for the UH-60 Black Hawk to Portuguese soldiers. The Portuguese Army, 2nd Mechanical Battalion, Camp Visoko, NATO Stabilization Force, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the United States Army, Bravo Company, 2-224th Aviation Battalion, Task Force Pegasus, Comanche Base, Tuzla, NATO Stabilization Force Bosnia-Herzegovina jointly participated in Operation RESCUE AIR. The exercise is designed to familiarize soldiers with the Black hawk helicopter and other aircraft they may use during combat

Ex-POW and U.S. Air Force MAJ Hubert K. Flesher (Captured 2 Dec 66) shakes hands with 13th Air Force Commander, LGEN William G. Moore Jr., after arriving on bus, in background, and prior to his flight to the United States. COL John W. Ord, Commander, Clark Hospital and COL Raymond G. Lawry, Deputy Site Commander, Joint Homecoming Reception Center are in the background. MAJ Flesher was released in Hanoi by North Vietnam on 18 Feb 73

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