Forward Operating Base Waza K'wah
Paktika Province, Afghanistan
January 29-30, 2011

The following articles relate to this drop: Lifeliners Deliver 120 Bundles Despite Snow Air Mobility Key to Outpost Sustainability C-17s Deliver Largest OEF Fuel Resupply Currahee Helps Remote FOB Retrieve Supplies

photos by SFC Pete Mayes (Task Force Lifeliners Public Affairs),
SPC Kimberly K. Menzies (Task Force Currahee Public Affairs),
and MSG Adrian Cadiz (US Air Force)

A C-17 Globemaster II drops water and fuel by the container delivery system method.

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Palletized cargo, guided by a global positioning system, slowly reach their target area.

Bundles of fuel are air-delivered to Forward Operating Base Waza K'wah.

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SFC Bryan Reeves (platoon sergeant, D Company, 1st BN, 506th) attaches an expended para- chute to the rear of a four-wheeled all terrain vehicle to clear it from the landing zone.

Expended Parachutes

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SPC Robert Smallman, TF Lifeliners parachute rigger, inspects a bundle of water that was dropped from a C-17 Globemaster III

Fuel Barrels

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Soldiers from 801st BSB and D Company, 1st BN, 506th roll barrels of fuel into a vehicle.

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COL Sean M. Jenkins (CO, TF Currahee) observes the resupply.