2 England-based units aid in Chad evacuation

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2 England-based units aid in Chad evacuation
By Bryan Mitchell, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, February 8, 2008

RAF MILDENHALL, England — Two England-based units participated earlier this week in the evacuation of several dozen civilians from a strife-riddled central African nation familiar to the military.

A pair of Air Force special operations C-130s from the 352nd Special Operations Group airlifted roughly two dozen Americans as well as about 35 foreign nationals from the Chadian capital of N’Djamena on Monday, according to Maj. Pamela Cook, U.S. European Command spokeswoman.

The evacuees, which included residents of Egypt, Lebanon, Madagascar, France, Cameroon and Germany, were flown to Yaoundé, Cameroon.

A 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker provided in-air refueling to the special operations aircraft that traveled from eastern England to Chad, Cook said.

A contingent of airmen remains in the region.


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