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In support of Operation Provide Relief, the 823rd Redhorse Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fl., works to repair airstrips used to bring in relief supplies. SSgt David Dreier, drives his vibrating roller through a dust cloud as other workers walk through with him as they work to repair the Hoddur airstrip

823rd Redhorse Squadron, Hurlburt Field, FL. works on rapid runway repair in Operation Provide Relief. SSGT Robert Chandler (on grader and in white hat) grades a section of the Hoddur airstrip, as other members use shovels to fill in smaller holes in the airstrip. The Redhorse Squadron, and all of its machinery, can be flown anywhere by a C-130 for airstrip repair

In support of Operation Provide Relief, 823rd Redhorse Squadron works to repair airstrips used to bring in relief supplies. SSGT Robert Chandler (on grader) watches a C-130 take-off from the Hoddur airstrip

In support of Operation Provide Relief, the 823rd Redhorse Squadron, Hurlburt Field, FL. began repairing the airstrips used to bring in the relief supplies. After a section of the runway has been graded and flattened by the vibrating roller, water is sprayed on the surface to stabilize it

Straight on shot of US Air Force SSGT Robert Chandler on a John Deere Road Grader heading toward the camera. SGT David Dreier, USAF, right, and moving away from the camera, uses a vibrating roller to crush and flatten stone on the surface of a section of Hoddur Airstrip. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

In support of Operation Provide Relief, MSGT Gary Bushnell (no shirt on and in red hat), Airfield Evaluation Team Leader for 823rd Redhorse Squadron, Hurlburt, FL. is assisted by Somalis from Hoddur. The rocks were gathered, formed to the shape of a rectangle and spray painted red to act as a threshold marker

Straight on, long shot, of a US Air Force Vibrating Roller, assigned to the Red Horse Squadron, moving away from the camera and on to a new section of runway to be repaired at the Hoddur Airstrip. The team plans to repair 500 to 600 feet of the airstrip per day, completing the project in a week. A few of the members of the Red Horse team, in civilian clothes, walk along the airstrip away from the camera. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

823rd Redhorse Squadron, Hurlburt Field, FL. began rapid repairing of airstrips in Somalia. Runway repair machinery is downloaded from a U.S. Air force C-130 to runways in need of repair. Here crews work with shovels to fill in small holes

In support of Operation Provide Relief, 823rd Redhorse Squadron works to repair airstrips used to bring in relief supplies. Somalian children watch as the engineers of Redhorse Squadron work to repair the Hoddur airstrip

In support of Operation Provide Relief, the 823rd Redhorse Squadron, Hurlburt Field, FL. works to repair airstrips used for relief stops. SSGT Robert Chandler (on grader and in white hat) grades a section of the Hoddur airstrip, as SGT David Dreier uses a vibrating roller to crush and flatten stones on the surface

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Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE RELIEF

Base: Hoddur

Country: Somalia (SOM)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT M.R. Preston

Release Status: Released to Public

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operation relief redhorse rd redhorse squadron hurlburt field hurlburt field works repair airstrips repair airstrips ssgt robert chandler ssgt robert chandler grader hat grades section hoddur hoddur airstrip david dreier sgt david dreier roller crush stones surface sergeant military operations staff sergeant high resolution redhorse squadron sgt us national archives somalia
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19/11/1992
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label_outline Explore Rd Redhorse Squadron, Dreier, Hoddur Airstrip

A loadmaster from the 136th Airlift Wing (AW), Fort Worth, Texas, marshalls a grader on to a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Gulfport Guard Combat Training Center, Mississippi. Members of the 136th AW are deployed to Gulfport, Mississippi, participating in exercise IGX-5. IGX-5 is an ORI (Operational Readiness Exercise) simulating the deployment of an Air Expeditionary Force to a forward operating location. The exercise, which lasts just under a week, is designed to evaluate the readiness of US Air Force personnel

Staff Sgt. Alex Spano, electrical journeyman, and Senior

Fifteen personel (all 15 not shown) assigned to the 823rd Red Horse Squadron from Hurlburt Field, Florida as part of Operation Sustain Hope put the fishing touches on a newly widened two-lane road leading to the flight line (flight line nto shown) increasing the speed of traffic and safety of those walking. Operation Sustain Hope is the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps for the refugees (not shown) fleeing from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia into Albania and Macedonia

Fifteen personnel assigned to the 823rd Red Horse Squadron from Hurlburt Field, Florida as part of Operation Sustain Hope put the fishing touches on a newly widened two-lane road leading to the flight line (not shown) increasing the speed of traffic and safety of those walking. Operation Sustain Hope is the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps for the refugees (not shown) fleeing from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia into Albania and Macedonia

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nick Cervantes, NCOIC of

Left side rear view of a US Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo plane on the ground with its rear cargo ramp lowered. A loadmaster assigned to the 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas directs rapid runway repair equipment from the back of the aircraft at the Hoddur Airstrip in Somalia. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

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US Marine Corps (USMC) GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Christopher A. Walker, Drill MASTER aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego, California (CA), grades recruits from Lima/Company during their final drill

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ashton Flynt, an explosive

Lt. Kyle Matson, a landing signal officer assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, observes and grades the performance of a pilot's landing in an F/A-18E Super Hornet.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Glenn Wolford, an armament

Senior Airman Davon Brown, 23d Civil Engineer Squadron

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operation relief redhorse rd redhorse squadron hurlburt field hurlburt field works repair airstrips repair airstrips ssgt robert chandler ssgt robert chandler grader hat grades section hoddur hoddur airstrip david dreier sgt david dreier roller crush stones surface sergeant military operations staff sergeant high resolution redhorse squadron sgt us national archives somalia