C-141B Starlifter takes-off in the background as Host Nation locals watch from a hill outside the perimeter fence of the Maya Maya Airport in Brazzaville, Congo. The C-141B had a full load of passengers who are redeploying from PHOENIX GAUNTLET back to home stations in Germany and Italy. PHOENIX GAUNTLET deployed enabling forces as part of contingency planning to prepare for a possible evacuation of Americans from Zaire, gripped in a civil war