C-17 Globemaster III unloads supplies and equipment at Entebbe, Uganda.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Johnny Quindara operates a fork lift to unload supplies and equipment from a C-17 Globemaster III at Entebbe International Airport, Uganda, on Nov. 26, 1996. More than 200 airmen have set up operations at Entebbe, consisting primarily of a Tanker Airlift Control Element, or TALCE, which is responsible for loading cargo and servicing the aircraft. Entebbe could become a cargo hub for the possible multinational, military humanitarian operation in Central Africa. Larger Air Force cargo planes, such as the C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III, can land here and unload their cargo, which would then be transferred to the C-130 Hercules for delivery throughout the theater. Nearly 400 military logistics personnel are at airports in Mombasa, Kenya, in Entebbe, Uganda, and in Kigali, Rwanda. Quindara is deployed from the 615th Aerial Port Squadron, Travis Air Force Base Calif. The C-17 is from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.