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Two crews from the 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein AB, Germany, delivered nineteen tons of aid to Chad on 12 March in response to a request for assistance after Chadian military forces engaged a group of transnational terrorists and sustained casualties. Three Chadian soldiers were killed and sixteen were injured in the skirmish. The Ramstein crews were airborne only an hour after receiving the call. A little more than ten hours after takeoff, the crews landed on a 7,700-foot runway just outside of Faya-Largeau, and combat offloaded nine pallets of food, blankets, and medical supplies.
Photo By Lt. Phillip Ulmer
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