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Earthquake in Pakistan: NATO's airlift has taken off

Islamabad, Pakistan - It also needs light helicopters, but the Alliance has very few of those

Five Hercules C-130 transport planes of the NATO took off yesterday within the air-bridge set up by the Atlantic Alliance in order to bring aid to the areas ravaged by the earthquake (see for details AVIONEWS). Nato’s aircraft have been diverted from the air base of Incirlik, in South-Turkey, and they are destined to take about 900 tonnes of humanitarian reliefs. Four daily flights are scheduled f...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 129366
Rome, Italy, 10/20/2005 13:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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