Volunteer employees from Bonneville Power Administration assist with Superstorm Sandy relief efforts at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 2, 2012. Nineteen BPA members left Fairchild on a C-5 Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., at about 11 a.m. Nov. 3 for Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, N.J. Their final destination will be Long Island, N.Y. (U.S. Air Force photos/Staff Sgt. Michael Means)

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Airmen from the 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron process equipment from the Spokane-area Bonneville Power Administration at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 2, 2012. BPA sent 14 support and utilities vehicles as well as 19 BPA volunteer employees to aid New York's Long Island Power Authority in post Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. Five of the vehicles left on a C-5 Galaxy the morning of Nov. 3. The remaining vehicles are being transported by C-17 the same day. (U.S. Air Force photos/Staff Sgt. Michael Means)

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Fourteen support and utilities vehicles from Spokane-area Bonneville Power Administration arrived at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Nov. 2, 2012, at approximately 9 p.m. Airmen from the Logistics Readiness Squadron began to weigh measure and perform safety inspections on all vehicles to prepare them for flight by 10 p.m. All vehicles were ready within six hours. (U.S. Air Force photos/Staff Sgt. Michael Means)

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Senior Airmen Joshua Hoelscher, left, and Staff Sgt. Israel Martinez, both air transportation specialists assigned to the 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., secure a utility vehicle belonging to Bonneville Power Administration to the floor of a C-5 Galaxy of the 60th Airlift Wing, Travis AFB, Calif., Nov. 3. The C-5 departed with 19 BPA employee volunteers and five of their 14 vehicles at about 11 a.m. for Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, N.J. BPA will make their way to Long Island, N.Y., to help restore power that was knocked out by Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)

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Staff Sgt. Saul Buenrostro, left, and Master Sgt. Jason Nipar, both C-5 loadmasters, 60th Airlift Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., lay the first board down to enhance the ramp of the C-5 on the Fairchild AFB flightline Nov. 3, 2012. Two of the largest utility vehicles weighed about 50,000 pounds and were more than 35 feet in length. A wooden ramp allowed these larger vehicles to enter the aircraft at a shallower angle. The C-5 departed with 19 BPA employee volunteers and five of their 14 vehicles at about 11 a.m. for Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst. The rest of the vehicles are being flown to the East Coast by two C-17 Globemasters assigned to Joint Base Charleston, S.C. BPA will make their way to Long Island, N.Y., to help restore power that was knocked out by Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)

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A BPA utility vehicle weighing about 50,000 pounds and stretching about 35 feet is slowly backed into the mouth of at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., C-5 Galaxy on the flightline at Fairchild AFB, Wash., Nov. 3, 2012. The wooden ramp allows the vehicles to enter without the top scraping against the roof of the aircraft. The C-5 departed with 19 BPA employee volunteers and five of their 14 vehicles at about 11 a.m. for Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, N.J. The rest of the vehicles are being flown to the East Coast by two C-17 Globemasters assigned to Joint Base Charleston, S.C. BPA will make their way to Long Island, New York to help restore power that was knocked out by Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)

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A BPA utility vehicle weighing about 50,000 pounds and stretching about 35 feet is slowly backed into the mouth of at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., C-5 Galaxy on the flightline at Fairchild AFB, Wash., Nov. 3. The wooden ramp allows the vehicles to enter without the top scraping against the roof of the aircraft. The C-5 departed with 19 BPA employee volunteers and five of their 14 vehicles at about 11 a.m. for Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, N.J. The rest of the vehicles are being flown to the East Coast by two C-17 Globemasters assigned to Joint Base Charleston, S.C. BPA will make their way to Long Island, N.Y., to help restore power that was knocked out by Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)

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Senior Airmen Joshua Hoelscher, left, and Staff Sgt. Israel Martinez, both air transportation specialists assigned to the 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., secure a utility vehicle belonging to Bonneville Power Administration to the floor of a C-5 Galaxy of the 60th Airlift Wing, Travis AFB, Calif., Nov. 3. The C-5 departed with 19 BPA employee volunteers and five of their 14 vehicles at about 11 a.m. for Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, N.J. BPA will make their way to Long Island, N.Y., to help restore power that was knocked out by Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)

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The second C-17 Globemaster assigned to Joint Base Charleston, S.C., which took off from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., for Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 3, 2012. A total of 19 Bonneville Power Administration employee volunteers from the Spokane region and 14 of their vehicles will make their way to Long Island, N.Y., to help restore power that was knocked out by Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Curry)

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Fairchild aids in Hurricane Sandy recovery

Published Nov. 3, 2012
92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- 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 their way to Long Island, New York to help restore power following the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Airmen from the 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron weighed, measured and performed safety inspections on 14 BPA vehicles last night beginning around 9 p.m. Within six hours, every vehicle was inventoried and each was slated for a particular flight for today. The rest of the equipment will be flown on two C-17 Globemasters from Joint Base Charleston, S.C.

"Our logistics Airmen were running 24-hour operations as soon as we were notified yesterday afternoon," said Col. Shawn Teagan, 92nd Operations Group commander. "The attention to detail they've given to this mission has been first class. Fairchild Airmen are proud to serve this country and are humbled to answer the call of others in their time of need."