An AIRMAN with the Air Mobility squadron waits with a chalk prior to uploading the last bit of cargo for the day's mission at Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Loadmasters Air Mobility personnel work together completing a hasty trade downloading uploading cargo with the engines running. The Green Hornets of the 61st Airlift Squadron (AS), Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, fly maintain their aircraft while deployed to Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, for a 100-day Temporary Duty (TDY) tour assisting Operation JOINT GUARD (previously Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR). Flying C-130 Hercules every day to the Former Yugoslav region (primarily Tuzla) they pick up deliver cargo...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: An AIRMAN with the Air Mobility squadron waits with a chalk prior to uploading the last bit of cargo for the day's mission at Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Loadmasters and Air Mobility personnel work together completing a hasty trade downloading and uploading cargo with the engines running. The Green Hornets of the 61st Airlift Squadron (AS), Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, fly and maintain their aircraft while deployed to Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, for a 100-day Temporary Duty (TDY) tour assisting Operation JOINT GUARD (previously Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR). Flying C-130 Hercules every day to the Former Yugoslav region (primarily Tuzla) they pick up and deliver cargo and passengers in support of JOINT GUARD. Tuzla is the dispersion and collection point for supplies, vehicles and personnel. JOINT GUARD is the multi-national peacekeeping mission that provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD

Base: Tuzla Air Base

Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John E. Lasky, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files