Soldiers and airmen lay down a track of plywood as they load a U.S. Army M-1A1 Abrams tank.
Soldiers and airmen lay down a track of plywood as they load a U.S. Army M-1A1 Abrams tank into a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III at the Rinas, Albania, airport on June 10, 1999. The tank will be transported to Skopje, Macedonia, to join KFOR. KFOR is the NATO-led, international military force which will deploy into Kosovo on a peacekeeping mission known as Operation Joint Guardian. KFOR will ultimately consist of over 50,000 troops from more than 24 contributing nations, including NATO member-states, Partnership for Peace nations and others.