Exercise Kiwi Flag kicks off in New Zealand [Image 19 of 30]

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AFB OHAKEA, NEW ZEALAND

11.11.2013

Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Denise Johnson 

Defense Imagery Management Operations Center     

Senior Airman John Williams, a C-17 Globemaster III crew chief for the 517th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, marshals an arriving United States Air Force C-17 after it landed at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Ohakea, New Zealand, Nov. 11 during the second annual Exercise Kiwi Flag. The C-17, from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is carrying 26 airmen who are deploying to the 517th EAS to conduct flying operations using the heavy-airlift platform. The new arrivals are joining more than 40 airmen who deployed from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 5. Kiwi Flag personnel are supporting Exercise Southern Katipo - held on New Zealand’s South Island - by managing air operations and providing cargo and passenger airlift including tactical air drops to SK participants. SK hosts nine countries involved in air, land and maritime operations. Exercise Kiwi Flag runs through Nov. 29. Williams is deployed from the 517th Aircraft Maintenance Unit at JBER where he is assigned as a consolidated tool kit custodian. He hails from Atlanta. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Denise Johnson/Released)

• Date Taken: 11.11.2013
• Date Posted: 11.15.2013 07:47
• Photo ID: 1052743
• VIRIN: 131111-F-FB147-061
• Resolution: 2136x2904
• Size: 467.26 KB
• Location: ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AFB OHAKEA, NZ
• Hometown: ATLANTA, GEORGIA, US