C-17 delivers equipment for JTF Odyssey Dawn
313th AIR EXPEDITIONARY WING, U.S. Forces in Europe (March 28, 2011) -- An Airman from the 721st Aerial Port Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, stows a cargo chain in a C-17 Globemaster III after preparing cargo to be unloaded here in support of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn. Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn was the U.S. Africa Command task force established to provide operational and tactical command and control of U.S. military forces supporting the international response to the unrest in Libya and enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973. UNSCR 1973 authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians in Libya under threat of attack by Gadhafi regime forces. JTF Odyssey Dawn was commanded by U.S. Navy Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ethan Morgan)