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

Generals visit JB MDL, view 'Superstorm Sandy's' impact near Jersey's Six Flags Great Adventure

Army Maj. Gen. Jeff Mathis, deputy commander of Joint Forces Land Component Command, and Army Maj. Gen. Kenneth Dowd, director of logistics operations for the Defense Logistics Agency join Navy Capt. William Bulis, deputy commander of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. as they take an aerial

49th Materiel Maintenance Squadron helps with Hurricane Sandy relief

437th AW Airmen provide Hurricane Sandy relief

Humanitarian assistance, under the USTRANSCOM umbrella

Members of the U.S military once again sprang into action over the past week, as Hurricane Sandy headed for, then devastated, the East Coast.While addressing a group of reporters and concerned citizens in Brigantine, N.J., Oct. 31, President Obama said, "And one of the things that we've been able to

Air Force flies relief supplies, power vehicles into New York

Yesterday hundreds of Air Force active-duty, Reservists and Guardsmen worked day and night loading and flying 12 C-5 and C-17 airlift, bringing 636 short tons of badly-needed equipment and power support vehicles to areas of the East Coast ravaged by Hurricane Sandy.Airmen from more than 12 active

62nd AW Airmen deploy in response to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts

A C-17 Globemaster III departed early morning Nov. 1 in support of Hurricane Sandy response operations. Along with aircraft and crews from 11 active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve bases across the nation, McChord Field Airmen are flying to March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to pick-up

Hungary-based Airmen write new chapter in mulitinational operations

At this small, bare-bones, communist-era airfield located in the Hungarian countryside, midpoint between Vienna and Budapest, American Airmen are writing a dynamic new chapter in multinational cooperation and flight operations. Airmen assigned to the Heavy Airlift Wing at Papa Air Base work side by