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Airmen push a pallet of cargo aboard a C-17 Globemaster en route to South Africa for Operation Atlas Response.
Tech. Sgt. Henry Jernigan (right), Senior Airmen James Lin (center) and Sang Tran (left), push a pallet of cargo aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at McGuire Air Force, N.J., on March 2, 2000. The aircraft is en route to South Africa as part of Operation Atlas Response. Atlas Response is the U.S. military's contribution to relief efforts following torrential rains and flooding in southern Mozambique and South Africa. About 30 airmen from the 621st Air Mobility Operations Group are deploying to South Africa to set up and maintain airfield operations for the humanitarian operation.