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Air Mobility Command

C-17 delivers MRAPs

A C-17 Globemaster lll delivers Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles, or MRAPS, to Bagram Airfield Aug.4. The MRAPS are designed to be both safe and effective for Soldiers conducting patrols, convoy security and other missions throughout Afghanistan. The C-17's mission is to perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions and can also transport litters and ambulatory patients during aeromedical evacuations when required. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)

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C-17 delivers MRAPs to Afghanistan

Published Aug. 4, 2009
455th Air Expeditionary Wing

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- A C-17 Globemaster lll delivers Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles, or MRAPS, to Bagram Airfield Aug.4. The MRAPS are designed to be both safe and effective for Soldiers conducting patrols, convoy security and other missions throughout Afghanistan. The C-17's mission is to perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions and can also transport litters and ambulatory patients during aeromedical evacuations when required. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)