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Humanitarian Assistance to Iraq

15 August 2014

A Trailer Aircraft Loading Unloading (TALU) edges forward to the tail ramp of a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-130J Hercules transport aircraft. The TALU is loaded with airdrop bundles of humanitarian aid that will soon be dropped by the Hercules to isolated Iraqi civilians on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq.

A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) loadmaster checks airdrop bundles of humanitarian aid prior to being loaded into a RAAF C-130J Hercules transport aircraft for delivery to isolated Iraqi civilians on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq.

Private Toby Rogalski, a Parachute Rigger with 176 Air Dispatch Squadron, prepares a skid board for an airdrop bundle of humanitarian aid.

Royal Australian Air Force aircrew arrive at their C-130J Hercules transport aircraft as airdrop bundles of humanitarian aid are loaded into the aircraft for delivery to isolated Iraqi civilians on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq

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The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has completed its first humanitarian drop to Iraq, delivering nine tonnes of badly needed supplies to Yezidi civilians, trapped on Mount Sinjar in the country's north.

The RAAF C-130J Hercules delivered 10 large bundles of Australian humanitarian supplies.

The cargo included 150 boxes of high energy biscuits and 340 boxes of bottled water - enough to feed and hydrate 3700 people for 24 hours.

The ADF’s contribution in Iraq is part of a coordinated international humanitarian response.

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