C-130A cargo airplanes of the United States Air Force transport road construction equipment during Andes Airlift, from Chiloya to Bella Vista village, in Peru. A Peruvian man instructs a U.S. Air Force captain how to operate a D6B Cat machine. Peruvian labor shore lumber in C-130A and place them crosswise in aircraft. The air force captain backs the D6B Cat machine to rear of aircraft and then Peruvian man backs it inside the cargo aircraft.
C-130A cargo airplanes of the United States Air Force transport road construction equipment during Andes Airlift, from Chiloya to Bella Vista village, in Peru. A C-130A cargo plane lands on airstrip at Chiloya. Another plane parked loads equipment near it. A Cat machines lines near the landing strip. A Cat D6B machine driven by a Peruvian man near a cargo plane.
C-130A cargo airplanes of the United States Air Force transport road construction equipment during Andes Airlift, from Chiloya to Bella Vista village, in Peru. A C-130A takes off on Chiloya airstrip. Cat machines, dump trucks, road graders and other equipment lined near runway ready for airlift. A plane taxis on airstrip near an already parked one.
C-130A cargo airplanes of the United States Air Force transport road construction equipment during Andes Airlift, from Chiloya to Bella Vista village, in Peru. Flight crew stands at the rear of a cargo airplane. Mechanic scale ladder and reach the engine of a plane and work on it. Peruvian operator backs a Cat D6B machine inside a cargo plane. Road making equipment lined near the runway strip ready for airlift. A C-130A cargo plane taxis.
C-130A cargo airplanes of the United States Air Force transport road construction equipment during Andes Airlift, from Chiloya to Bella Vista village, in Peru. Cat D6B machine and a heavy road grader near the runway. Peruvian operators back the machine inside a cargo plane. Tactical Air Command servicemen instruct them. The plane takes off the runway. Another plane makes a landing.
C-130A cargo airplanes of the United States Air Force transport road construction equipment during Andes Airlift, from Chiloya to Bella Vista village, in Peru. A Peruvian operator of a Cat machine shows an Air Force crewman how to operate the controls of the Cat. He backs it inside a C-130A cargo plane as the crewman stands on it. A fuel truck arrives near the aircraft.