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High tech warbird aids Haiti relief efforts
It wasn’t so many months ago that Defense Secretary Gates had to issue a direct order to the Air Force to make additional drones available for use in the Iraqi and Afghani combat theaters. Now we see these same UAV’s deployed for disaster aid. Seems like a step in the right direction. It would be great if the URL for this footage was public. An RQ-1 Predator, tail number 3210, took off at 11:07 A.M. today … Read entire article »
Air drop to aid Haitian victims of earthquake
Airmen from U.S. Southern Command’s air component, Air Force South, conducted an airdrop mission Jan. 18 in an effort to provide an alternate distribution point for relief supplies to Haitian earthquake victims. The mission was planned and executed by Airmen at Headquarters Air Mobility Command, 18th Air Force and the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center. The C-17 Globemaster III, crewed by Airmen from the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB, S.C., departed Pope AFB, N.C., and … Read entire article »
USAID Update on the Haiti relief operation January 18
Here is some of today’s report from the lead United States relief agency, USAID. The entire report is at the link. SEARCH AND RESCUE As of 1100 hours local time on January 18, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) reported that U.S. urban search and rescue (USAR) teams had rescued approximately 40 individuals from collapsed buildings, including one girl two years of age this morning. On January 17, USAR teams rescued 12 people, including three children … Read entire article »
Situation at Port-au-Prince airport improving
AFSOC Airmen save Haitian Earthquake victim, land over 600 aircraft in Haiti Airmen from Hurlburt Field hit the ground sprinting earlier last week, kicking off the U.S. Southern Command’s overall Haiti Humanitarian mission. The Airmen have performed a wide range of missions to include medical support, airfield management, and weather observation in the devastated country, which suffered a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, and numerous aftershocks. “We arrived the first evening with three U.S. aircraft. Within 28 minutes we established … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters
Out of the night sky – Air Force secures Port-au-Prince airport
The sun set just after 5:30 pm in Port-au-Prince on January 13, 2010. There was no moon in the partly cloudy sky, just the stars looking down on the horror that was Haiti. Help was coming, and would arrive about 8 pm that evening. The C-130 Combat Talons of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command quietly glided out of the sky to settle onto the one runway of the Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport. The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Military, Original writing, Reporting
Earthquake in Haiti update for January 13 evening
Coast Guard Update The U.S. Coast Guard, the first Department of Homeland Security agency to provide assistance to Haiti following Tuesday’s earthquake, continues to provide support Wednesday to the U.S. Government’s humanitarian assistance and disaster response efforts.The aircrew of a Coast Guard H-60 Jayhawk helicopter medically evacuated four, critically injured U.S. citizens from the U.S. Embassy Wednesday morning and a second medevac of five people was conducted Wednesday afternoon. The injured were transported to the U.S. Naval … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Military, Original writing, Reporting
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