U.S. airdrops aid in Iraq
In this handout image provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Staff Sgt. Daniel Leavindofske, 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron ramp team chief and Senior Airman David Babcock, air transportation journeyman, assist with loading bundles of halal meals on to a C-17 Globemaster III for a humanitarian airdrop mission over Iraq, Aug. 9, 2014, at a base in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The humanitarian aid includes bottled water and food which was delivered to displaced citizens in the vicinity of Sinjar, Iraq.
Air drops over Iraq
Airmen from the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron palletize halal meals for a humanitarian airdrop mission over Iraq at a base in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Aug. 7, 2014. The humanitarian aid includes bottled water and food which was delivered to displaced citizens in the vicinity of Sinjar, Iraq.
Air drops over Iraq
Workers unload humanitarian aid from France at an airport in Erbil, north of Baghdad, Aug. 10, 2014. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius visited the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan after his country said it was ready to support the region's forces in blocking the incursion of ISIS militants.
Air drops over Iraq
U.S. Army Soldier parachute riggers from the 11th Quartermaster Co., 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 82nd Sustainment Brigade, bundle water onto pallets for a humanitarian air drop, Aug. 6, 2014. The humanitarian aid includes bottled water and food which was delivered to displaced citizens in the vicinity of Sinjar, Iraq.
Air drops over Iraq
Pallets of bottled water are loaded aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in preparation for a humanitarian airdrop over Iraq, Aug. 8, 2014. Airmen with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron airdropped 40 bundles of water for displaced citizens in the vicinity of Sinjar, Iraq.
Air drops over Iraq
In this handout image provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Bundles of halal meals sit aboard a C-17 Globemaster III for a humanitarian airdrop mission over Iraq, Aug. 9, 2014.
Air drops over Iraq
In this handout image provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Tech. Sgt. Lynn Morelly, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, watches bundles of halal meals parachute to the ground during a humanitarian airdrop mission over Iraq, Aug. 9, 2014.
Air drops over Iraq
A still image captured from the U.S. Central Command, night vision video footage shows an Air Force personnel retrieving straps after the U.S. military airdrop of food and water for thousands of Iraqi citizens threatened by ISIS near Sinjar, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2014. According to the U.S. Central Command, the C-17 dropped 40 container delivery system bundles of fresh drinking water totalling 3,804 gallons. In addition, the two C-130s dropped 32 bundles totalling 16,128 meals ready to eat.
Air drops over Iraq
A still image captured from the U.S. Central Command night vision video footage shows the U.S. military airdrop of food and water about to be delivered for thousands of Iraqi citizens threatened by ISIS near Sinjar, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2014.
Air drops over Iraq
A still image captured from the U.S. Central Command night vision video footage shows the U.S. military airdrop of food and water for thousands of Iraqi citizens threatened by ISIS near Sinjar, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2014.
Air drops over Iraq
A still image captured from the U.S. Central Command video footage shows Yazidis approaching bundles after the U.S. military airdrop of food and water for thousands of Iraqi citizens threatened by ISIS near Sinjar, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2014. According to the U.S. Central Command, the C-17 dropped 40 container delivery system bundles of fresh drinking water totalling 3,804 gallons. In addition, the two C-130s dropped 32 bundles totalling 16,128 meals ready to eat.