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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.