Aid drops to Kurds

Title

Aid drops to Kurds

Genre

News report; Interview; Special

TX Date

10 Apr 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:55

Description

George Matheson reports on being in a Hercules helicopter from Incirlik airbase in Turkey over northern Iraq that was dropping aid to the Kurdish refugees. Includes interview in the helicopter with co-pilot Greg Cook and on the ground with Flight Engineer Mike Saracen(?) and radio communication from the aircraft during the drop.

Contributors

George Matheson; Mike Saracen(?); Greg Cook

Keywords

Humanitarian assistance; Ethnic groups; Air force; Turkey; Foreign aid; Political refugees; Iraq; Helicopters; Aerial operations; Food aid; Kurds; Incirlik airbase

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