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The Japan Air Self-Defense Force flew its first humanitarian mission into Iraq as part of coalition air forces, landing at Tallil AB on 3 March. While the Self-Defense Forces have previously conducted humanitarian deployments to other locations in the world, this is the first time Japanese airmen have deployed to a conflict zone since the end of World War II. Flying from an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia, the Japanese C-130 crew carried 5,000 pounds of supplies for the Iraqi people. Once at Tallil, US and Japanese airmen took the cargo from the C-130 and loaded it aboard Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force trucks. The ground forces distributed the humanitarian supplies within Iraq.
Photo By Sr. Airman James Dillard
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