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  • Airmen Deliver Food, Water to Inland Puerto Rico

    About two dozen Puerto Rico Air National Guard airmen used what was the first or second day off most of them have had since Hurricane Maria hit the island some three weeks ago to team up with other volunteers to deliver food and water to as many as 1,000 people in the island's mountainous interior.

  • En-Route Patient Staging System: Caring for Puerto Rico

    The En-Route Patient Staging System (ERPSS) team assigned to the 6th Medical Group at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, is currently providing patient care as part of the Defense Support to Civil Authorities efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.

  • RAPID Global Mobility at work after Maria

    The 2017 hurricane season has been particularly active for expeditionary mobility Airmen, who have supported over 1,600 cargo and emergency supply flights to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico and the aeromedical evacuation of close to 200 patients affected by Hurricane Maria. Over 200 Airmen from

  • Dover Airmen lifeline to hurricane survivors

    Dover Air Force Base Airmen have a proud history of delivering help in dire situations all across the world. No matter the circumstance, these men and women can be on site in a short amount of time providing hope for those in need. The 3rd Airlift Squadron from the 436th Airlift Wing supported

  • Communication equipment loaded onto C-5 at Dobbins, headed for Puerto Rico

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – A C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware landed here to provide airlift for AT&T communication equipment and technicians Oct. 2 and Oct. 4.The airlift mission provided critical infrastructure restoration in support of life-saving activities underway in

  • Joint effort delivers relief cargo to Puerto Rico

    Members of the 15th Airlift Squadron and 437th Airlift Wing, flew a C-17 Globemaster III to Fort Drum, New York, Sept. 28, 2017, to pick up aid supplies before flying to San Juan, Puerto Rico, after Hurricane Maria, a category 4 hurricane, battered the U.S. territory.

  • 302nd AW MAFFS part of surge support for more than 20 California fires

     A 302nd Airlift Wing aerial firefighting C-130 Hercules aircraft returned here after seven weeks of Reserve Citizen Airmen supporting U.S. Forest Service firefighting efforts in the Western U.S., Sept. 17.The 302nd AW began Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System operations after receiving a request