FIRST AMERICAN AIRCRAFT LANDS IN KERMAN, IRAN

CENTCOM ^ | Dec. 28, 2003

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

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December 28, 2003
Release Number: 03-12-70


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


FIRST AMERICAN AIRCRAFT LANDS IN KERMAN, IRAN

COMBINED AIR OPERATIONS CENTER, QATAR: Just after midnight local time, the first American aircraft landed in Kerman, Iran, with 20 pallets of humanitarian aid destined for the earthquake-stricken residents of Bam.

Five pallets laden with such medical supplies as intravenous fluids, bandages, gauze, and surgical equipment, plus food and purified water comprised the first load of American relief support.

American airmen and Iranian soldiers worked side-by-side forming a human chain to unload the 20,000 pounds of badly needed material into waiting trucks. The supplies were then trucked into Bam a little more than 100 miles away.

In addition to the humanitarian aid, the Peoria, Ill. Air National Guard C-130 carried aerial port operations and support agency experts to assess the operational and equipment needs for follow-on aircraft. The assessments are vital because the Air Force is loading C-5 and C-17 aircraft for follow-on relief flights.

The humanitarian mission was the first American flight into Iran since the Iranian hostage crisis ended in January 1981.

Photos of the mission are available on the U.S. Central Command website at www.centcom.mil. The photos are located in the "Galleries" tab at the top of the homepage.

[Enterprise]

This has to be wrong. Kerman is 15 miles east of Fresno.

[American Soldier]

Probably a good thing that some of our Air Force folks are getting practice flying into Iran.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

ping

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

COMBINED AIR OPERATIONS CENTER, QATAR: Just after midnight local time, the first American aircraft landed in Kerman, Iran...Five pallets laden with such medical supplies as intravenous fluids, bandages, gauze, and surgical equipment, plus food and purified water comprised the first load of American relief support.

American airmen and Iranian soldiers worked side-by-side forming a human chain to unload the 20,000 pounds of badly needed material into waiting trucks. The supplies were then trucked into Bam a little more than 100 miles away.
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Ping for our good guys.

[cmsgop]

hehe!

[petercooper]

is it an F-14?

[Miss Marple]

If the Iranian military is working side by side with the Americans unloading those pallets, there must be SOME conversation. Unintended consequences could ensue, hopefully for the best.

[FreedomCalls]

[FreedomCalls]

[68skylark]

Great post -- makes me proud to be American.

[McGavin999]

You two might be interested in this. They started getting those supplies in pretty quick.

[nuconvert]

Thanks for the ping

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Amen sister!

You just gotta believe that is the part of the domino theory for the Middle East. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya. Now Iran is being brought into the fold by an emergency beyond their capacity to handle on their own. Quietly, respectfully, the U.S. Armed Forces and others of the U.S. are there to assist when and where assistance is needed.

[rs79bm]

Why are we sending aid to the Axis of Evil? Would we be doing this to North Korea, for example? I know we are a caring society, but.......

[Blue Jays]

Good Afternoon All-

Oddly enough, once we get finished donating bandages, medicines, food, water, and the services of our best medical & search teams...we'll subsequently be referred to as "THE GREAT SATAN" by these folks and rewarded with a handful of car bombs.

I'd like to think we're helping innocent victims, but maybe I'm just a pessimist right now...

~ Blue Jays ~

[Pan_Yans Wife]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1047709/posts

Long Live Israel, Long Live America

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thank you for posting the pics!

[AdmSmith]

More pictures here
http://www.centcom.mil/galleries/showgallery.asp?gallery=photos/AID_FROM_US_TO_IRAN_12-28-03

[CTOCS]

Got any pics of the 1st French relief flight?

Oh, that's right, they only send missiles and other weaponry!!!