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NATO nations and partners have delivered 100,000 protective medical suits to Romania in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

A military aircraft carrying 45 tons of medical supplies landed in Bucharest this week, transporting 100,000 protective medical suits from Seoul. The flight marked the third shipment of medical supplies from the Republic of Korea to Romania using a C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft attached to the NATO-supported Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC).

Under the SAC programme, ten NATO Allies and two NATO partner countries jointly own and operate three C-17 heavy cargo aircraft, sharing flying hours and costs. The C-17 aircraft are based out of Pápa Air Base in Hungary. More information on the Strategic Airlift Capability can be found here.
This footage was filmed by the Ministry of Defence in Romania. It includes shots of the medical supplies being unloaded from the cargo aircraft and soundbites from the US Ambassador to Romania and one of the C-17 Globemaster III pilots.

Courtesy of the Romanian Ministry of Defence

1. (00:00) C-17 GLOBEMASTER III TAXIING ON RUNWAY
2. (00:31) VARIOUS SHOTS – FORKLIFT TRUCK DRIVES PAST C-17 GLOBEMASTER III
3. (00:42) FORKLIFT TRUCK OFFLOADS SUPPLIES FROM C-17 GLOBEMASTER III
4. (00:50) AIR CREW OFFLOADS SUPPLIES FROM BACK OF C-17 GLOBEMASTER III
5. (01:00) FORKLIFT TRUCK OFFLOADS SUPPLIES FROM BACK OF C-17 GLOBEMASTER III
6. (01:12) SOUNDBITE IN ENGLISH

U.S AMBASSADOR ADRIAN ZUCKERMAN
‘The multinational crew of the Heavy Airlift Wing. They left Hungary Saturday morning and they just returned. They have flown for four days led by a colonel from Sweden. They had a couple of American flight members, a Romanian pilot, an American pilot and crew members from other countries. It’s a true symbol of the cooperation that NATO offers all its member countries and how we rise up to the occasion to help each other when there’s a crisis in the world.’

1. (01:54) SOUNDBITE IN ENGLISH
US C-17 GLOBEMASTER III HEAVY AIRLIFT WING PILOT PETE FRENCH

‘It’s a privilege to represent the Heavy Airlift Wing and this multinational crew and be an ambassador for the United States on this mission, in what has been a historic mission for the Heavy Airlift Wing and probably the most important mission we’ve done to deliver the supplies to the people of Romania, our partner nation and Allies in the Heavy Airlift Wing.’

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