A U.S. Air Force staff sergeant assists Mali Army troops from the Economic Community Military Observation Group 13 (ECOMOG) as they board a U.S. Air Force C-130E Hercules at Bamako/Seou Airport, Mali. The C-130E, from the 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is airlifting the troops to Roberts International Airport, Liberia for a six month deployment for Operation ASSURED LIFT, a 17-day United States airlift and support mission assisting the West African states deploying more than 1,100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT
Base: Bamako-Senou Airport
Country: Mali (MLI)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
23/02/1997
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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