Activities during an airlift at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. An airman stands beside a U.S. Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft. He looks at a partially opened emergency door. The aircraft parked with opened cargo doors. A K loader vehicle loaded with palletized cargo moves towards the aircraft. United States Air Force men pushes the pallet from the K loader vehicle into the C-141A Starlifter aircraft using a pry bar. The K loader vehicle backs away from the aircraft.
Activities at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A K loader vehicle approaches the United States Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft. Two sailors uncouple a fuel hose from the C-141A Starlifter aircraft and refuel a truck. An airman on maintenance stands beside the C-141A Starlifter aircraft engine. A palletized aircraft propeller is pushed onto the K loader from the C-141A Starlifter aircraft. A sailor tightens tie down chains on the K loader. Loaded K loader backs away from aircraft. A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft is parked on a flight line.
Activities at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A K loader vehicle backs away from the United States Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft. A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft is parked on a flight line in the background. A sailor takes a fuel sample from a hose coupled to the C-141A Starlifter aircraft. He hands the fuel filled jar to an airman. The airman inspects the fuel sample and then hands the jet fuel card to the sailor. Then he signs the card for fuel. A crew chief with a headset stands on the flight line. Construction men work on the cement floor of a new building.
Aircrew at the mess hall of an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A sign board at a snack bar reads Diego Burger. Airmen lined up at a service window. Palm trees seen in the background. U.S. Navy and USAF (United States Air Force) men go through a chow line in the mess hall. They serve food on their plates. Other crew members sit at a dinning table in the background. Exterior of the mess hall seen.
Activities at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A control tower at the air base. The United States Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft on a flight line. Cargo is loaded on the aircraft. Open cargo doors of the aircraft. A tower controller talks into a microphone and fills a data sheet. He watches the takeoff of a U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft in the background.
Activities at an air base on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. A pilot in the cockpit of the United States Air Force C-141A Starlifter aircraft. A runway on the air base as seen from the cockpit during a takeoff. Trees on either side of the runway.
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