Airmen deliver 35,000 helmets to Afghanistan

Airmen deliver 35,000 helmets to Afghanistan

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{EXCERPT} by Capt. Chris Watt U.S. Air Forces in Europe Public Affairs

6/29/2004 - MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU AIR BASE, Romania (AFPN) -- Airmen
flew more than 35,000 Romanian military helmets to Afghanistan from
here June 24 in a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III. The helmets are
for the Afghan army.

Donated by the Romanian government, the helmets were packed and loaded
by a team of Romanian servicemembers and a three-person U.S. Air Force
contingency response team from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Then,
reservists from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., flew the donations t...

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