Oct. 20, 2005 A city underwater gets help from above With their homes and city underwater, many citizens of New Orleans have been looking to the skies for help from helicopter rescue crews of the Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard and active duty. Hoisted aloft from rooftops and carried aboard from broken bridge spans and other locations isolated
Oct. 20, 2005 Pararescuemen hoist survivors to safety Though it is a city without electricity, rescue crews see plenty of lights as they fly over New Orleans each night searching for survivors in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Sporadic fires burn wildly, but through their night-vision devices, combat search and rescue crews from the Air Force
Oct. 20, 2005 C-130s to spray for insects in states affected by hurricane Two C-130H aircraft and 50 Air Force reservists from the 910th Airlift Wing left Youngstown Air Reserve Station Sept. 8 to fly aerial spray missions in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. They will operate out of Duke Field, Fla., because it is near areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Also, the base
Oct. 20, 2005 War veterans volunteer to care for hurricane victims Within 48 hours of Hurricane Katrina slamming the Gulf Coast Aug. 29, Capt. Frances Robertson was ready to go save lives. At 6 a.m. she reported for duty, realized the gravity of the situation, and promptly called her mother and asked her to watch her kids, warning her it might be several days
Oct. 20, 2005 Command people step forward to help hurricane victims From coast to coast, people assigned to and associated with Air Force Reserve Command are stepping forward to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Pararescue people, aeromedical caregivers, airlift crews, aerial porters and reservists from dozens of other specialties have logged hundreds of missions,
Oct. 20, 2005 Hurricane Katrina: C-5s fly for ‘the welfare of the people’ An Air Force Reserve Command C-5 Galaxy aircrew flew a cross-country mission Aug. 30 to pick up two rescue teams to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The crew from Westover’s 439th Airlift Wing airlifted 75,000 pounds of cargo and 29 passengers from March ARB, Calif., to Lafayette Regional
Oct. 19, 2005 C-5s deliver troops, helicopters for earthquake relief U.S. Pacific Command Airmen loaded three Air Force Reserve Command C-5 Galaxies with helicopters, support equipment and Soldiers bound to help earthquake victims in Pakistan Oct. 16.The Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters are the first U.S. Pacific Command assets to deploy to earthquake-shattered
Oct. 19, 2005 Minneapolis security forces sergeant apprehends intruders What started out as an ordinary patrol for a 934th Security Forces Squadron reservist ended with the capture of two civilians at 2:30 a.m. July 23. Staff Sgt. Kevin Klefsaas, a full-time Active Guard and Reserve member, stopped his patrol car, shined a spotlight and discovered two people laying flat
Oct. 19, 2005 March accepts AF Reserve Command's first C-17 The 452nd Air Mobility Wing received Air Force Reserve Command’s first C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft in a ceremony Tuesday at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif. Maj. Gen. Robert E. Duignan, 4th Air Force commander, and an aircrew from the 452nd AMW made the flight from the Boeing’s