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A US Air Force MC-130 Combat Talon, of the Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida, being unloaded on the Brazzaville, Congo, flightline next to a Belgium C-130H Combat Talon II. MC-130E/H provide infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of special operations forces and equipment in hostile or denied territory. Aircraft and personnel have deployed to Congo, from both the United States and Belgium, in support of Phoenix Gauntlet. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

United States Air Force and Belgium Army medical staff work on a Angolan patient injured in the crash of his AN-24 transport on take-off from the Brazzaville, Congo airport. The patient was taken from the crash site at the end of the runway to the medical facility located in a Congolese hangar near the middle of the runway which was in place in support of PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

Two US Marine Corps MH-53E Super Stallion helicopters prepare to taxi out for take-off at Brazzaville, Congo. The aircraft came to Brazzaville in support of PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Arthur Navarro and SENIOR AIRMAN Shane Allred, assigned to the 100th Supply Squadron, Mildenhall England, hold down fueling hoses and lean back into the wind as a Special Operations Command MC-130H Combat Talon II pushes out from its parking spot at the Brazzaville airport. The MC-130H was participating in PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

Aircrew rest at the Libreville International Airport Gabon, Africa, prior to missions for Operation PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

Special Agent Mark McGovern, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, gives a threat briefing to PHOENIX GAUNTLET personnel at the Brazzaville, Congo, Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE). PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

A US Marine Corps MH-53E Super Stallion of HM-365, USS Nassau, takes off from the Brazzaville, Congo airfield. The MH-53 was in Brazzaville for PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

SENIOR AIRMAN John Syme, an air transportation specialist with the 621st Aerial Port Squadron (APS), McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, breaks down a water pallet at the Libreville International Airport, Gabon, prior to Operation PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

US Army personnel carry their belongings to a United States Air Force C-141B Starlifter on the Brazzaville, Congo flightline. United States Army and Air Force personnel are beginning to re-deploy to home stations as PHOENIX GAUNTLET operations are handed over to the United States Marine Corps. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

Host Nation locals watch from a hill outside the perimeter fence as a US Air Force Special Operations Command MC-130H Combat Talon II takes-off from Brazzaville Airport, Republic of Congo. The MC-130H was participating in PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

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Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX GAUNTLET

Base: Brazzaville

Country: Congo (COG)

Scene Camera Operator: A1C Gregory L. Davis, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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host nation locals host nation locals hill perimeter fence perimeter fence air force operations command mc operations command mc combat talon takes off h combat talon ii takes off brazzaville airport brazzaville airport republic congo phoenix gauntlet phoenix gauntlet forces contingency evacuation americans zaire war us air force french equatorial africa kongo air force special operations command mc 130 h combat talon ii takes off mc 130 h a 1 c gregory us national archives
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05/04/1997
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label_outline Explore Perimeter Fence, Takes Off, Phoenix Gauntlet

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US Marine Corps Corporal Joseph Calebro uses an AN/PSC-3 Satellite Communications Radio on the tarmac at Pointe Noire, Congo. Corporal Calebro is attached to VMGR-252 (Detachment Bravo) to provide KC-130 Hercules aircraft secure communications while deployed in support of PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

Sudan 1:250,000 / Historic map, Library of Congress

A piece of blue jeans smolders on the ground near the wreckage of an Angolan AN-24 Cargo aircraft at the Brazzaville, Congo, airport. The jeans were cut off of a crewmember as he was pulled from the wreckage by US and Belgium personnel who were on location for PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

Kenyan workers take time out from pumping fuel to smile for the camera. The tail section of a C-141 Starlifter is in the background. U.S. military cargo aircraft fly daily relief missions to Goma, Zaire to help the Rwandan refugees

US Air Force Security Policeman, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Theodore Peterson, 436th Security Police Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, next to a Kawasaki 4x4 All Terain Vehical (ATV), watches a C-141B Starlifter taxi in to Maya Maya Airport in Brazzaville, Congo. SRA Peterson, along with others, are deployed to Brazzaville in support of PHOENIX GAUNTLET. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war

A 10K forklift off loads equipment from a C-141 Starlifter. The aircraft, from the 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C., is delivering relief cargo bound for Goma, Zaire to help the Rwandan refugees

A C-130 Hercules from the 23rd Airlift Wing, Pope AFB, North Carolina arrives at Kigali Airport to pick up humanitarian relief supplies and equipment for airlifting to Goma, Zaire

Zaire (voorheen Belgisch Congo ); kamp voor Angolese

Sudan 1:250,000 / Historic map, Library of Congress

A C-141 Starlifter cargo aircraft from the 452nd Avionics Maintenance Wing (AMW) Air Force Reserve (AFRES), March AFB, Calif, flew in relief goods. Their mission is to assist refugees who entered Zaire in massive surge to flee the civil war in Rwanda

An Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew

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host nation locals host nation locals hill perimeter fence perimeter fence air force operations command mc operations command mc combat talon takes off h combat talon ii takes off brazzaville airport brazzaville airport republic congo phoenix gauntlet phoenix gauntlet forces contingency evacuation americans zaire war us air force french equatorial africa kongo air force special operations command mc 130 h combat talon ii takes off mc 130 h a 1 c gregory us national archives