File:Nigerian troops with US C130.jpg

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Template:Aircraft of the USAF
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Ground operations
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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.
Date 28 October 2004
Source [1] (Released on November 1, 2004)
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Public domain This image is a work of a United States Department of State employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain per 17 U.S.C. § 101 and § 105 and the Department Copyright Information.

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current12:10, 1 May 2006Thumbnail for version as of 12:10, 1 May 2006600 × 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

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