Economic Community Military Observation Group 13 (ECOMOG) Ghana Army troops board a U.S. Air Force, 86th Air Wing, Ramstein AB, Germany C-130E Hercules airlifter at Accra Airport, Ghana. The troops are being airlifted to Robert's International Airport, Liberia for a six month deployment. Operation Assured Lift is a 17- day United States airlift and support mission assisting the West African states deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force