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Operation Octave Quartz: 435 AGOW prove capabilities
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
March 12, 2021
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 435th Air Expeditionary Wing board a U.S Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft during Operation Octave Quartz, January 2021. (Courtesy Photo)
Several units from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing recently rapidly deployed to Somalia at the direction of the President of the United States and the acting Secretary of Defense to reposition assets and personnel to other locations within East Africa in support of Operation Octave Quartz.
During the operation, U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 435th AGOW conducted over 300 airlift sorties to reposition 3,364 tons of equipment and 1,279 personnel quickly. ....

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