Image Gallery: March 2004
Australian Aid to Vanuatu
02 March 2004
The second of two Royal Australian Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft has delivered much needed emergency stores to cyclone-torn Vanuatu arriving at 12:00pm local time yesterday, 1 March 2004.
The aircraft from RAAF Base Richmond delivered a consignment of tarpaulins, water containers and purification tablets drawn from Emergency Management Australia's disaster relief stocks. Australian servicemen posted to the region, as well as the Hercules aircrew, assisted local police with hand unloading of the supplies.
Read
Ministerial release: Defence
transports emergency supplies to Vanuatu
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imagery: Australian Aid
to Vanuatu - 01 March 2004 (8
images, 1 MPEG Video Clip)
| JPAU01MAR04JO18 Flight Lieutenant Shane Prior and Flight Lieutenant Dean Bolton of 37 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, watch as local police unload the second C-130 Hercules. (Date taken: 01 March 2004) Low-res | Hi-res |
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| JPAU01MAR04JO40 The second C-130 Hercules lands in Vanuatu bringing emergency aid to the country. (Date taken: 01 March 2004) Low-res | Hi-res |
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