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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

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Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX GAUNTLET

Base: Brazzaville

Country: Congo (COG)

Scene Camera Operator: A1C Greg L. Davis, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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belgium army belgium army work staff work angolan patient angolan patient crash an transport take off brazzaville congo airport congo airport site crash site runway facility congolese hangar congolese hangar middle place phoenix gauntlet phoenix gauntlet forces contingency evacuation americans zaire war air force united states air force us air force french equatorial africa kongo states air force an 24 transport a 1 c greg usaf united states us national archives
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14/04/1997
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belgium army belgium army work staff work angolan patient angolan patient crash an transport take off brazzaville congo airport congo airport site crash site runway facility congolese hangar congolese hangar middle place phoenix gauntlet phoenix gauntlet forces contingency evacuation americans zaire war air force united states air force us air force french equatorial africa kongo states air force an 24 transport a 1 c greg usaf united states us national archives