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Pakistan flood aid mission over for fixed wing aircraft
The government of Pakistan has informed the U.S. that as flood relief operation shift from air to ground transportation, they no longer require U.S. military C-17 Globemaster III or C-130 Hercules aircraft support for delivery of relief supplies. Two U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft conducted the last fixed wing missions to deliver flood relief supplies in Pakistan Oct. 3, flying humanitarian supplies from Pakistan Air Force Base Chaklala to the Skardu Airport in northern Pakistan. “The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance, Military
New Jersey Based Airmen Add Capacity to Pakistan Relief Efforts
Along with the arrival of a contingency response element from the 621st Contingency Response Team, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., came additional capabilities to increase aircraft loading efficiency at Pakistan Air Force’s Central Flood Relief Cell at Chaklala Air Base, Pakistan. The additional equipment added to Pakistan’s flood-relief efforts at Chaklala will augment local workers at the flood relief cell as they build pallets of flood relief supplies and load them on various aircraft bringing much-needed food, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance, Military
U.S. Military Continues Pakistan Flood Assistance
Afghan Air force Returns Home After Aid Mission to Pakistan Four AAF Mi-17 helicopters with crews of 22 AAF flew flood rescue and aid relief missions in Pakistan. During the last month, the AAF flew 401 sorties moving 1,904 passenger and aid workers, while rescuing 120 people stranded in one of the worst floods in Pakistan’s history. They moved more than 188 tons of lifesaving aid including including food, medicine and shelter. On Sept. 4, 2010, they … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance, Military
U.S. military aids millions in Pakistan flooding disaster
Here are several articles from our other site about the efforts of our young men and women in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps to aid the millions affected by the flooding in Pakistan. Follow the link for the entire piece and some photos. U.S. Marines Respond to Pakistan Floods The United States military is part of an international effort to provide relief services to the victims of the massive flooding now taking place in Pakistan. Helicopters from the U.S. Army have been flying out of the Pakistani airbase at Ghazi and are now being joined by the air element of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit on the U.S.S. Peleliu. The U.S. Army was able to send four CH-47 Chinooks and two UH-60 Black Hawks to the area from Afghanistan. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance, Military
Navy and Marines continue to aid Pakistan flood victims
The sailors and Marines of HMM-165 reinforced (Reinforced), 15th MEU, and HM-15 Detachment 2, Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 press on as they acknowledge a major achievement during humanitarian relief efforts in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. In just over two weeks on the ground in Pakistan the combined efforts of the Marines and sailors in Task Force Ghazi have resulted in 1,084,158 lbs of supplies delivered to flood victims and 4,758 evacuees relocated. “It was slow going … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance, Military
In the Heart of the Taliban, Freedom Still Lives
Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) is today arguably one of the most dangerous places in the world. But while that may be true of regions where the Taliban proliferate, there are still areas of NWFP where life goes on as normal. The most prominent of these is the Kalash region in the northern-most district of Chitral. It is named after the Kalash tribe which has been settled here since time immemorial. snip Hundreds of years ago about 3,000 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Islam, Little Sects, Religion, Society
ISAF, Pakistan Coordinate Strike On Insurgents
Insurgents attacked an ISAF base in Paktika Nov. 16 leading to a coordinated artillery strike into Pakistan. The ISAF base received two separate rocket attacks from a location within Pakistan. Following the second attack, ISAF soldiers were able to identify the origin of the enemy rocket launches. Upon positive identification, ISAF coordinated with the Pakistan military and fired a total of 20 artillery rounds on the enemy location. The artillery fire caused a secondary explosion at the rocket launch site, which indicates additional munitions in the location. ISAF and Pakistani soldiers observed all fired artillery rounds. The Pakistan soldiers assured ISAF that they would engage any insurgents attempting to flee deeper into Pakistan. There were no ISAF casualties. ISAF … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, War on Terror
ISAF, Pakistan coordinate strikes
NATO forces defend Pakistani border post! Insurgents attempted to attack an ISAF base twice October 11 and failed both times. During the first incident, three insurgents were spotted as they prepared for a rocket attack. In self defence, two ISAF bases fired a total of seven sets of artillery rounds at the insurgents’ location inside Pakistan. The Pakistani military later confirmed the attack had killed two insurgents. Within an hour of the attack, insurgents were identified as preparing to rocket attack a nearby Pakistan Border Point. In defence of the Pakistani military, ISAF fired four sets of artillery rounds at the insurgents’ location inside Pakistan. The attack caused three secondary explosions. The Pakistani military later confirmed the attack killed three insurgents. ISAF … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Terrorist Death Watch, War on Terror
Afghanistan Update
ANA, ISAF destroy truck of explosives Afghan National Army and ISAF soldiers destroyed a jingle truck carrying more than 400 pounds of illegal explosives in Paktika province on 15 June. Afghan soldiers manning a border check point stopped a jingle truck that the soldiers believed was a vehicle IED. They detained the driver and secured the area, then discovered that the truck was carrying a large amount of explosives. Shortly after the discovery, ISAF destroyed the truck and the munitions. ISAF destroys two enemy munitions bunkers ISAF’s Task Force Currahee destroyed two bunkers of munitions in Zirok district of Paktika province on 15 July. Soldiers from TF Currahee received information regarding the location of enemy munitions in two separate bunkers near a combat outpost. The soldiers called in an air strike to dispose of the enemy … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, War on Terror
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