MAF Airmen continue hurricane relief efforts

America's Mobility Air Forces continued transporting equipment and personnel to East Coast staging areas in support of relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.Today the 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., has scheduled additional

62nd Port Dawgs do 'whatever it takes' to support hurricane relief efforts

Airmen from the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron worked tirelessly through the night Nov. 2 and well into the afternoon Nov. 3 to process more than 20 vehicles and support equipment destined for the East Coast to support Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.The vehicles, sent from the Seattle City Light power

Seattle mayor visits McChord Field

Fairchild aids in Hurricane Sandy recovery

A C-5 Galaxy from the 60th Airlift Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., departed Fairchild AFB, Wash., Nov. 2 at about 11 a.m. filled with 19 Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) volunteers and five of their support vehicles. They will land at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst where BPA will make

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force begins mission at JB MDL

436th Airlift Wing supports USNORTHCOM hurricane relief operations in New York

President briefs FEMA on Mobility Air Forces relief efforts

Support rolls onto Travis jets

Six Department of Energy vehicles from Western Area Power Administration in the Sacramento area arrived at Travis Air Force Base Nov. 2 to start their journey towards New Jersey. The group is part of the growing number of utility vehicles being airlifted from the western regions of the United States

62nd AW Airmen 'answer the call'

When our East Coast neighbors needed resources to restore power, they asked for help and Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing were among the first to "answer the call" and provide the assistance they needed.Within three hours of notification, the first 62nd AW crew departed McChord Field in the early

FEMA, USACE collaborate relief

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are collaborating efforts to provide temporary power solutions to the New Jersey region Nov. 2 as Hurricane Sandy relief efforts continue. USACE "Prime Power" assessment teams were dispatched into communities surrounding