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Airmen First Class (A1C) Robert Biehler, USAF, and A1C Ryan Fisher, Air Transportation Specialists, with the 86th Contingency Response Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, check cargo lists on a laptop at the airfield in Accra, Ghana. They are preparing to transport US forces and cargo involved in Operation FOCUS RELIEF. Operation FOCUS RELIEF, a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone, to equip and train seven battalions from West African countries to be able to conduct peace enforcement operations

SENIOR AIRMAN Arbie Dillion, a security police specialist with the 437th Security Police Squadron (SPS), Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, patrols the flight line on a All Terrain Vehicle (ATV). In the background, a C-17 Globemaster III prepares to leave the Libreville International Airport, Gabon, prior to Operation GUARDIAN ASSISTANCE, the support to the large humanitarian effort in Africa

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Class Raphael Delarosa, Survival Equipment Journeyman, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), inspects the reefing line cutter on an Aces II recovery canopy parachute inside the Survival Equipment Shop at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Class Raphael Delarosa, Survival Equipment Journeyman, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS), inspects the reefing line cutter on an Aces II recovery canopy parachute inside the Survival Equipment Shop at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Dasheca Leighty, left, deployed from the 52nd Security Forces Squadron (SFS), Spangdahlem Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU) and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Charles Lundsford, deployed from the 100th SFS, Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, England (ENG), pass their time reading a book near a C-130 Hercules aircraft, while they wait for a flight to Monrovia, Liberia, in support of peacekeeping efforts

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Brandon Hashieda, a Crew CHIEF assigned to the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), inspects the propellers on a C-130 Hercules aircraft, after the aircraft landed at Dakar International Airport, Senegal, during its deployment with the 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), supporting Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) David Leaven, 494th Fighter Squadron, is greeted by his wife, Laura, at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), after returning from an Air Expeditionary Force 2 deployment, in support of Exercise NORTHERN WATCH

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Dave Moore (left) 606th Air Control Squadron (ACS), and Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Rodel Delacruz, 52d Communications Squadron (CS), rewire a breaker on a power distribution box, while deployed with the 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) at Dakar International Airport, Senegal, in support Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Doug McDonnell, 85th Maintenance Squadron, 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), performs maintenance on the tail rotor boot of a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter while deployed at Lungi, Sierra Leone. The 398th AEG is currently in Sierra Leone to provide personnel recovery and emergency evacuation capability for the Humanitarian Assistance Survey Teams (HAST) and the Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Teams (FAST) in Liberia, during Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Aaron Downing, deployed from the 100th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, England (ENG), stands guard after a rainstorm at Dakar International Airport (BIA), Senegal. Downing is deployed to the 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), in support of peacekeeping efforts in Liberia

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Base: Dakar

Country: Senegal (SEN)

Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Karen Z. Silcott, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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label_outline Explore Dakar International Airport, Rainstorm, Ssgt Karen

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air force usaf airman airman first class aaron security security forces squadron sfs royal air force raf mildenhall england eng guard rainstorm dakar international airport dakar international airport bia senegal expeditionary group air expeditionary group aeg efforts liberia staff sergeant first class us air force high resolution scene major command ssgt karen military aircraft us national archives