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Tuesday, December 31, 2013 09:38 AM | |||
United States Air Force has completed airlift operations in the Central African Republic. | |||
Initial airlift operations are complete in the Central African Republic,
Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said here today. A small U.S.
Air Force support team and two C-17
Globemaster III aircraft began airlift operations Dec. 12
in response to a French request for airlift support. The U.S. airmen conducted
16 flights from Burundi to the Central African Republic, Warren said,
transporting 857 Burundi troops, 73 pallets of equipment and 18 Burundian
military vehicles. |
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Burundi soldiers prepare to load onto a C-17 Globemaster Dec. 13, 2013 at Bujmumbura Airport, Burundi. |
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The Burundi troops --
a light infantry battalion -- are part of an African Union-led international
support mission intended to help prevent the further spread of sectarian
violence, Assistant Pentagon Press Secretary Carl Woog said in a Dec.
9 statement. |
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