US Air Force C-17A Gloemaster III crewmemers check the Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) containers prior to take off on the first mission into Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force C-17's delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR's) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the orders of Afghanistan. The C-17's carried more than 35,000 HDR's packed in 84 TRIAD oxes. Each ox measures 80 inches tall and 48 inches square, and contains 420 HDR's. The HDR's were delivered in a first of it's kind, high-altitude airdrop. This is the first operational TRIAD delivery from a C-17 aircraft as well as the first comat airdrop mission performed...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III crewmembers check the Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) containers prior to take off on the first mission into Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force C-17's delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR's) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who have massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17's carried more than 35,000 HDR's packed in 84 TRIAD boxes. Each box measures 80 inches tall and 48 inches square, and contains 420 HDR's. The HDR's were delivered in a first of it's kind, high-altitude airdrop. This is the first operational TRIAD delivery from a C-17 aircraft as well as the first combat airdrop mission performed by a C-17.

Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Scene Major Command Shown: UNDISCLOSED

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary M. Humphries, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
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