Loadmaster Tech. Sgt. Fred Hall checks aircraft weight and balance sheets prior to departing South Africa.
C-130 Hercules Loadmaster Tech. Sgt. Fred Hall checks aircraft weight and balance sheets prior to departing Hoedspruit Air Force Base, South Africa, on March 8, 2000, to deliver U.S. personnel and supplies to Beira, Mozambique, during Operation Atlas Response. Operation Atlas Response is the U.S. military's contribution to relief efforts following torrential rains and flooding in southern Mozambique and South Africa. Hall is deployed to South Africa from the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.