A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III comes to life on the ramp at Ramstein Air Base. A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III comes to life on the ramp at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, as its crew prepares for a Operation Sustain Hope mission to Tiranë, Albania, on April 11, 1999. Operation Sustain Hope is the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps for the refugees fleeing from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia into Albania and Macedonia. The C-17 Globemasters are deployed from the 437 Airlift Wing, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. SHARE IMAGE: Download Image: Full Size (0.07 MB) Photo By: VIRIN: 378769-H-YII23-833.jpg Photo Gallery