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Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group offload cargo pallets from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 18, 2014, to support Operation United Assistance. The airmen, operating a staging base in Dakar to funnel humanitarian aid and military support cargo into affected areas, are working with soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element.

OFFLOADING CARGO

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group offload cargo pallets from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 18, 2014, to support Operation United Assistance. The airmen, operating a staging base in Dakar to funnel humanitarian aid and military support cargo into affected areas, are working with soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element.

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