Sailors off-load oil spill containment equipment from a C-17 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NAS JRB) New Orleans. Air Force C-17s, from Anchorage, Alaska, delivered the equipment to support Deepwater Horizon oil spill response. Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater oil rig located 130 miles southeast of New Orleans that exploded April 20 and sank April 22, causing a massive oil spill threatening the U.S. Gulf Coast.
100511-N-9712C-004.JPG Photo By: U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class John P. Curtis

New Orleans, Louisiana - Sailors off-load oil spill containment equipment from a C-17 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NAS JRB) New Orleans. Air Force C-17s, from Anchorage, Alaska, delivered the equipment to support Deepwater Horizon oil spill response. Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater oil rig located 130 miles southeast of New Orleans that exploded April 20 and sank April 22, causing a massive oil spill threatening the U.S. Gulf Coast.


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