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C-17 aircrew delivers RAAF fire truck during Talisman Saber 2009

July 23rd, 2009
C-17 Globemaster III aircrew maneuvering below canyon walls, landed on a remote dirt runway to deliver a team of Australian and U.S. firefighters, along with a 23-ton fire truck July 19 during a mission in Northern Australia.

This mission, part of Exercise Talisman Saber 2009, was to deliver a Royal Australian Air Force E-One Titan fire engine.

"This type of fire truck was never airlifted on a C-17 before," said Capt. Mike Boyer, a pilot with the 535th Air Expeditionary Squadron and lead Talisman Saber 2009 planner for the 15th Airlift Wing at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.
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