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Germany-based troops deliver Georgia aid

Relationship with Georgian military ‘makes things happen’

By John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Michael Abrams/S&S
Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., talks with from left, Staff Sgt. Jason Tipler, Master Sgt. Ray Hensley and Staff Sgt. Chris Droegemueller, at the Tbilisi, Georgia, airport on Sunday. Hensley is a load master on a Ramstein, Germany-based C-130 Hercules that was delivering humanitarian aid to the Georgian capital. Tipler and Droegemueller of the 86th Air Mobility Squadron are unloading the U.S. Air Force planes ringing aid to the Georgian capital. Biden was on a quick fact-finding trip to the country.
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