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Sept. 13, 2008
Religious Support Teams providing hope after Ike
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – For the first time, military chaplains and the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster are collaborating their efforts to provide cohesive spiritual response to those affected by the next hurricane. “During [Hurricane] Katrina, chaplains and religious advisors were reactive and working independently of
Sept. 12, 2008
U.S. Northern Command assists with Hurricane Ike efforts
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command is coordinating Department of Defense’s support to FEMA, state and local response in anticipation of Hurricane Ike and preparing for its landfall in the United States.The following is a list of DoD assets and personnel that are part of U.S. Northern Command’s support efforts:NEW OPERATIONS:
Contingency Response Wing supports Hurricane Ike evacuation efforts
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Nearly 50 members of the Air Force's 615th Contingency Response Wing located here are currently in Texas providing support for impending Hurricane Ike.The wing began preparing for the hurricane early in the week, awaiting the official call to action.That call came Tuesday, and the wing – one of only two contingency
Weather forecasts protect Air Force, Americans
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – With Hurricane Ike taking aim at the east coast of Texas and its path still unpredictable, forecasters with the 601st AOC CONR Weather Support Team continue working around the clock to answer the No. 1 question on people’s minds: Where will it strike? As local, state and federal disaster response forces brace for
Joint ops plan driving hurricane mobility response
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- As Hurricane Ike marches across the Gulf of Mexico, military and civilian disaster response forces continue to coordinate requests for mobility support outlined in a new joint operations plan that removes hurdles previously impeding response to natural disasters.Lessons learned in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Hurlburt to Assist with Freighter Rescue
Hurlburt Field, Fla. – The 1st Special Operations Wing here launched two CV-22 Ospreys, an MC-130P Combat Shadow and an MH-53 Pave Low helicopter today to prepare for a possible rescue of 22 people aboard the Cyprus-flagged freighter Antalina adrift in the Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana caught in Hurricane Ike. An MC-130W Combat Spear from
ACCE team leaves for Hurricane Ike support
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Only days after the team returned from Louisiana following Hurricane Gustav, the Air Forces Northern Air Component Coordination Element left here Sept. 10 for San Antonio as Texas braced for Hurricane Ike. Commonly known as the ACCE, this group of Air Force subject matter experts coordinates the movement of Air Force
Sept. 11, 2008
AMC aircraft, personnel supporting Hurricane Ike evacuations
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Mobility Airmen and their aircraft are again in full support of hurricane evacuation operations as Hurricane Ike approaches the Gulf Coast. This effort to support evacuation of patients and members of the general population comes on the heels of Air Mobility Command's support to Hurricane Gustav evacuation efforts.
U.S. Northern Command conducts pre-Ike medical evacuations, continues to prepare for post-landfall search and rescue operations
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command is coordinating Department of Defense support to FEMA, state and local response in anticipation of Hurricane Ike and preparing for its potential landfall in the United States.The following is a list of DoD assets and personnel that are part of U.S. Northern Command’s support efforts:NEW
Sept. 10, 2008
USNORTHCOM conducts medical evacuations, prepares for post-landfall Ike search and rescue operations
USNORTHCOM provides Hurricane Ike evacuation support in Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility team from the 6th Air Mobility Wing stationed at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., arrived here yesterday to support Hurricane Ike evacuation efforts. The MASF is deployed supporting U.S. Northern Command, which is coordinating Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency
Sept. 9, 2008
U.S. Northern Command’s focus shifts to Hurricane Ike
In Ike’s eye: Search and rescue poised, ready
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Under the command and control of the First Air Force commander here, joint search and rescue forces are prepositioned and capable of executing response and recovery operations for those who may be affected by Hurricane Ike.More than 400 joint forces personnel and approximately 20 Air Force and Navy HH-60 helicopters,
Joint force trains to assume duties as chemical, nuclear responders in homeland
A two-week training event at Fort Stewart, Ga., is preparing elements of a joint force for their new mission as the U.S. Northern Command’s dedicated force designed to respond to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive incidents, commonly called CBRNE (see-BUR-nee) incidents.Exercise Vibrant Response takes place Sept.
Sept. 8, 2008
U.S. Northern Command continues response as focus shifts to Hurricane Ike
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command is coordinating Department of Defense’s support to FEMA, state and local response in anticipation of Hurricane Ike and preparing for its potential landfall in the United States.The following is a list of DoD assets and personnel that are part of U.S. Northern Command’s support efforts:NEW
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