December 8, 1995, Taking off from Ancona, Italy the USAF's newest cargo
aircraft the C-17 Globemaster III, 437th ALW, Charleston, SC., takes
it's place in history by flying it's first aerial combat mission into
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzgovina after a brief R.O.N. at Rhein-Main AB, GE.
The C-17 carried 18 pallets of kerosene and wood chips downloading it's
cargo in just under thirty five minutes at Sarajevo's airport.
(Combat Camera Imagery by SSgt Efrain Gonzalez, USAF)
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