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Aid workers and evacuees with U.S. passports and visas wait in line to board a C-17 Globemaster III from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 29, 2010, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The C-17 flew three missions as part of Operation Unified Response into Haiti, before returning to March ARB Feb. 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Ashley Norris) ------------ by Capt. Ashley Norris |
by Capt. Ashley Norris
452nd Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs
2/9/2010 - MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) -- A March 2/9/2010 - MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) --Air Reserve Base C-17 Globemaster III aircrew returned home Feb. 1 after flying a five-day humanitarian mission to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
The nine-member crew from the 729th Airlift Squadron took 171,400 pounds of cargo and 25 Army and Air Force servicemembers into Haiti and airlifted 263 evacuees and aid workers out in a C-17.
March ARB officials have sent six missions and 40 Airmen to help move cargo into and evacuees out of Haiti since Jan. 15 as part of Operation Unified Response. They have evacuated more than 900 American citizens and legal aliens to the United States and flown in more than 1.5 million pounds of equipment and supplies to Haiti, following the 7.0 earthquake which struck there Jan. 12.
The first March ARB aircrew was put on alert early Jan. 26 and left the next day with seven media in tow to document the mission.
Three pilots, two loadmasters and two aircraft mechanics made up the crew. Two security forces Ravens -- the Air Force's equivalent to sky marshals -- were also onboard to provide security for the crew and plane.
Learn more in-
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123189600
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