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Marilyn, one of 11 Americans who had been held hostage aboard the Italian cruise ship ACHILLE LAURO, is helped out of a 438th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft by medical technicians from the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron upon her arrival at Newark International Airport. Klinghoffer`s husband Leon was slain by terrorists aboard the ship

A Newark International Airport customs agent examines the passports of Americans who had been held hostage aboard the Italian cruise ship ACHILLE LAURO upon their arrival back to the US. The former hostages were brought back to the US aboard a 438th Military Airlift Wing aircraft

Americans who were held hostage aboard the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro depart from the base aboard a 438th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The aircraft stopped at Rhein-Main for refueling while en route to the U.S

US Ambassador to the United Nations Vernon Walters, center, waits to deliver a message from President Reagan to the Americans who had been held hostage aboard the Italian cruise ship ACHILLE LAURO. The former hostages are arriving at Newark International Airport aboard a 438th Military Airlift Wing aircraft

Melissa Fister, wife of Colonel (COL) Bruce L. Fister, commander, 435th Tactical Airlift Wing, greets Sylvia Sherman and other Americans who had been held hostage aboard the Italian cruise ship ACHILLE LAURO. The C-141B Starlifter aircraft carrying them home is at the base for refueling

TECH. SGT. Ronald L. Mills, a medical crew member assigned to the 73rd Aeromedical Airlift Squadron, uses a puppet to calm a young survivor of the DC-10 passenger aircraft crash in Malaga, Spain, during an aeromedical evacuation flight aboard a Military Airlift Command C-9 Nightingale aircraft

A rear view of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft from the Military Airlift Command, 438th Military Airlift Wing, that has been assigned to evacuate a group of survivors of the DC-10 passenger aircraft crash to McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey

USAF Technical Sergeant Larry Lindsay, a Loadmaster assigned to the 514th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, New Jersey site in the cargo bay of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft and reviews flight book during a mission to Comalapa Air Base, El Salvador, part of the US Militarys Hurricane Mitch relief effort

Nose art on a C-141 Starlifter, 164th Airlift Wing (AW), 155th Airlift Squadron (AS), from Memphis, Tennessee Air National Guard on the ramp at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy. The aircraft and its crew are carrying troops and cargo to forward locations in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Seymour Meskin, one of 11 Americans who had been held hostage aboard the Italian cruise ship ACHILLE LAURO, is helped out of a 438th Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft by medical technicians from the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron upon his arrival at Newark International Airport

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Base: Newark

State: New Jersey (NJ)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Pat Nugent

Release Status: Released to Public

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12/10/1985
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label_outline Explore Newark International Airport, Lauro, C 141 B Starlifter

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

Passengers depart from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft during the 30th anniversary of Operation DEEP FREEZE

From left, tactical critical care expeditionary team

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Mark Thompson (standing left) and Lance Corporal (LCPL) William Papple (standing right) play the role of perpetrators who have taken a hostage during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the Camp Foster USMC Special Reaction Team (SRT) could test and improve their base security procedures and emergency situation response time in preparation for a real event

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Timothy J. Wrighton (left), Commander, 452nd Air Mobility Wing; USAF Major (MAJ) Tim Harris; Mr. Johnny Grant, Honorary Mayor of Hollywood, creator of the Hollywood Walk of Fame; USAF Major General (MGEN) James P. Czekanski, Commander, 4TH Air Force and Mr. Mike Tillemann, Hollywood Films National, pose for a photograph in front of a USAF C-141B Starlifter aircraft, on the flight line at March Air Reserve Base (ARB), California (CA). Mr. Grant presented MGEN Czekanski with videotapes of Oscar nominated movies to be flown overseas for the entertainment of American troops deployed in Afghanistan

En route patient staging system (ERPSS) team member,

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Mark De Corte,

Air Force officers and civilians cut the ribbon officially opening the new 437th Military Airlift Wing Headquarters building. From left to right: Major General (MGEN) Jack W. Sheppard, commander, 21st Air Force; Colonel (COL) James C. McCombs, commander, 437th Military Airlift Wing; Sergeant (SGT) David A. Ecton, noncommissioned officer-in-charge of wing command section; Senator Ernest F. Hollings, (Democrat-South Carolina); and retired Lieutenant General (LGEN) James C. Sherrill, former commander of the 437th Military Airlift Wing

U.S. Air Force Maj. Corey Norton, flight nurse, 43rd

A C-17 Globemaster III flies over the Geronimo landing

SENIOR AIRMAN Falcon of the 90th AMS assists in loading TECH. SGT. Patty Dupree, a volunteer from the 90th MXS during the search and recoveries exercise, into an emergency medical unit after she arrived by helicopter. The Inspector General Team tested the ability of the base to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robberies, terrorism, and communication problems

STAFF SGT. Jeff W. Schmidt, 63rd Military Airlift Wing (MAW), checks aircraft arrival times on a list in the Military Airlift Command airlift control element facility. The 63rd MAW is transporting troops and equipment to the base from Fort Hood, Texas, during Purple Penny, a mobility exercise simulating a deployment to South Korea following an attack by North Korean forces

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