Air forces from 16 countries participated in the third, multilateral airlift exercise called PACIFIC AIRLIFT RALLY. A Pacific nation hosts the event every two years. The United States’ 13th Air Force and 36th Air Base Wing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, hosted the September rally.
The rally promotes interoperability for possible international cooperation or coalition operations during regional multinational humanitarian and disaster relief operations. This objective is achieved by operating together and exchanging humanitarian airlift, airland, and airdrop delivery techniques.
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Sqdn. Ldr.
B. S. Kanwar, Indian Air Force, and Shaheed Al-Mamun, Bangladesh
Air Force, examine aircraft placement and procedures during the
multinational PACIFIC AIRLIFT RALLY held in Guam, September 2001,
while Col. Hen Chharath, Royal Cambodian Air Force, and Maj. Tsuyoshi
Ishida, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, look on. |
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A U.S. Air
Force C-130 from Yokota Air Base, conducts a night airdrop. |
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U.S. and
Australian personnel prepare parachutes to be used in rally airdrops. |
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