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A C-130 departed Abuja, Nigeria Oct. 28 with approximately 40 Nigerian troops and 3,000 pounds of equipment for the El-Fashir airstrip in Sudan's Darfur region marking the beginning of the airlift mission of African Union protection forces to the troubled region. More than 120 active-duty and reserve U.S. Air Forces in Europe Airmen and two C-130 Hercules aircraft deployed to Kigali , Rwanda , from Europe Oct. 22 to set up operations in support of the African Union airlift mission. One of the C-130s arrived in Nigeria Oct. 27 in preparation for the Nigerian troops' airlift. The C-130's will continue to airlift additional African Union forces into the region over the next two weeks. |
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28 October 2004 |
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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/af/37682.htm (Released on November 1, 2004) |
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| current | 11:10, 1 May 2006 | 600×270 (43 KB) | Meco | ({{Information| |Description=Nigerian_troops_with_US_C130.jpg - U.S. Air Forces in Europe Abuja, Nigeria October 28, 2004 |Source=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/af/37682.htm |Date=7 February 2005 (date of upload to English Wikipedia by [[:en:User:Banya) |
