Africa Command to airlift peacekeeper equipment to Darfur
January 7th, 2009
U.S. Africa Command officials are laying plans to airlift heavy equipment to Sudan to support African Union and U.N. peacekeepers involved in the country's Darfur region, an AFRICOM spokesman said Jan. 6.
AFRICOM members will transport about 75 tons of heavy equipment -- water tankers, fuel tank trucks, forklifts and other oversized cargo -- from Kigali, Rwanda, to Darfur aboard two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, Vince Crawley said.
President George W. Bush announced the decision Jan. 5 after meeting at the White House with Sudanese First Vice President Salva Kiir, a former south Sudanese rebel leader.
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AFRICOM members will transport about 75 tons of heavy equipment -- water tankers, fuel tank trucks, forklifts and other oversized cargo -- from Kigali, Rwanda, to Darfur aboard two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, Vince Crawley said.
President George W. Bush announced the decision Jan. 5 after meeting at the White House with Sudanese First Vice President Salva Kiir, a former south Sudanese rebel leader.
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