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In September, Australia's C-130 detachment flew its 1,000th mission supporting Operation Catalyst — what the Royal Australian Air Force calls operations in Iraq. Since 2003, two C-130s have been deployed from RAAF Richmond, near Sydney, to the Middle East as part of the Australian government's contribution to the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Iraq. RAAF crews have carried more than 9,400 tons of cargo and transported approximately 27,700 personnel in Iraq. On the 1,000th mission, the C-130 crew carried forty troops along with mixed cargo to Baghdad. The RAAF has flown both its C-130H and C-130J aircraft in Iraq since the deployment began.
Photo By Cpl. Cameron Jamieson
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