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Flying under red lighting inside the aircraft, to preserve night vision, the ri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (RIADS) containers are released from the first US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III flight over Afghanistan and roll like a freight train out the back of the aircraft plunging into the night sky. Air Force C-17's delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. he C-17's carried more than 35,000 HDRs packed in 84 RIAD boxes. Each box measures 80 inches tall and 48 inches square, containing 420 HDRs. he HDRs were delivered in a first of its kind, high-altitude airdrop....

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Flying under red lighting inside the aircraft, to preserve night vision, the ri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (RIADS) containers are released from the first US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III flight over Afghanistan and roll like a freight train out the back of the aircraft plunging into the night sky. Air Force C-17's delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. he C-17's carried more than 35,000 HDRs packed in 84 RIAD boxes. Each box measures 80 inches tall and 48 inches square, containing 420 HDRs. he HDRs were delivered in a first of its kind, high-altitude airdrop....

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[Complete] Scene Caption: Flying under red lighting inside the aircraft, to preserve night vision, the Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) containers are released from the first US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III flight over Afghanistan and roll like a freight train out the back of the aircraft plunging into the night sky. Air Force C-17's delivered Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from Germany to Afghan refugees who massed inside the borders of Afghanistan. The C-17's carried more than 35,000 HDRs packed in 84 TRIAD boxes. Each box measures 80 inches tall and 48 inches square, containing 420 HDRs. The HDRs were delivered in a first of its 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 the C-17.

Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Major Command Shown: UNDISCLOSED

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cary M. Humphries, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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07/10/2001
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The U.S. National Archives
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