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Sept. 14, 2017
Mobility Airmen, FEMA stand up hurricane staging area in South Carolina

Joint Base Charleston enabled hurricane recovery operations by helping to stand-up of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) installation support base at the North Auxiliary Airfield here Sept. 8, 2017.
Sept. 14, 2017
621st CRG supports Hurricane Irma relief efforts

In response to Hurricane Irma, the 621st CRW’s 621st Contingency Response Group deployed a contingency response element consisting of nearly 50 members, which included aerial port, maintenance, and command post specialists to MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., where they arrived to support the Hurricane
Sept. 13, 2017
Airmen conduct historic mission to Virgin Islands following Irma

JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AFNS) -- Members of the 14th and 15th Airlift Squadrons delivered a Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control mobile tower from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, to the Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 12, 2017.The mobile ATC
Sept. 12, 2017
Travis AFB Airman leads Oregon forest fire rescue

Tech. Sgt. Rob Dones was simply out for a four-mile hike when a giant plume of smoke from a raging forest fire turned a casual date into a 22-plus hour rescue of more than 140 people.
Sept. 11, 2017
Travis AFB transports critical aid in support of Hurricane Irma relief operations

A C-17 Globemaster III departed Travis Air Force Base, California, during the early morning hours Sept. 9, 2017, enroute to Puerto Rico to deliver a team of search and rescue personnel assigned to Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Texas Task Force 1 in support of Hurricane Irma relief
Sept. 10, 2017
Airmen stand ready to support Hurricane Irma relief efforts

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) -- Three contingency response teams prepositioned at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, awaiting forward deployment to support ongoing relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Irma. “Our teams are part of a larger Department of Defense response to support civil
Sept. 10, 2017
Air Force delivers doctors, aid to Florida

Three C-17s from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina and Dover Air Force Base, Delaware flew more than 300 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals to Orlando Sept. 9, in anticipation of Hurricane Irma’s landfall Sept. 10.
Sept. 9, 2017
AMC C-17s give reach to the hands that heal

Air Mobility Command C-17 Globemaster IIIs were tasked by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in coordination with various state and federal agencies to transport approximately 300 healthcare professionals in preparation for Hurricane Irma disaster response operations.
Sept. 9, 2017
Air Force delivers medical professionals to Florida for Hurricane Irma response

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. (AFNS) -- The 41st Airlift Squadron transported more than 100 medical personnel to Orlando, Florida, Sept. 9, 2017, to prepare for Hurricane Irma relief efforts.The 41st AS flew to Dallas and Houston to pick up U.S. Public Health Service Rapid Deployment Force
Sept. 9, 2017
Little Rock AFB accepts military aircraft in response to Hurricane Irma

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. (AFNS) -- Team Little Rock received various aircraft and their crews assigned to multiple military installations along the East Coast in preparation for Hurricane Irma, Sept. 9, 2017.Personnel from Hurlburt Field, Florida, along with U-28As, CV-22 Ospreys, MC-130H

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