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Ky. Air Guard deploys 10 special tactics troops for Florence
September 15, 2018
Airmen from the 123rd Airlift Wing load vehicles and cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 15, 2018, in response to Tropical Storm Florence. The gear and 10 Airmen from the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron are being deployed to Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., to provide stand-alone communications, air traffic control, personnel recovery and paramedic capabilities in response to massive flooding.
N.C. Air Guard stands against Tropical Storm Florence
September 15, 2018
U.S. Air Force Col. Bryony Terrell, commander 145th Airlift Wing, delivers a brief during a meeting held at the North Carolina Air National Guard (NCANG) Base, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Sept. 14, 2018.
188th Wing activates UPAD for Hurricane Florence Response
September 14, 2018
Master Sgt. Twila Costiloe, 188th Wing intelligence analyst, creates graphical information products in the 188th Unclassified Processing, Assessment, and Dissemination element at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Ark., to support Hurricane Florence responders Sept. 13, 2018. The UPAD rapidly provides graphical information products requested by incident commanders located across the storm’s path.
Royal Thai Armed Forces leaders visit Washington for SPP
September 14, 2018
From left to right: Maj.Gen.Chartchai Chaigasam, Director General, Office of Chief of Defense Forces, AVM Tanasak Metananta, Deputy Director, Directorate of Operations, Maj. Gen. Bret Daugherty, the adjutant general, Washington National Guard, Maj.Gen.Seri Sukontamalai, Director, Defense Information and Space Technology Department and Col. Gent Welsh, commander, 194th Wing pose by the Minuteman statue at Camp Murray, Wash. on Sept. 12, 2018.
More than 7,000 troops ready as Hurricane Florence hits
September 14, 2018
Kenneth P. Rapuano, left, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security, and Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, brief reporters at the Pentagon, Sept. 13, 2018, on Defense Department preparations for Hurricane Florence.
Pa. Army Guard sends crew, aircraft for Florence response
September 14, 2018
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Patrick Donohue, a CH-47 Chinook pilot with the Eastern Army Aviation Training Site (EAATS) briefs his crew before takeoff Sept. 13, 2018, from Muir Army Airfield at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. Approximately 25 Pennsylvania Guard members in two Chinooks and two UH-56 Black Hawk helicopters are bound for South Carolina in support of Hurricane Florence recovery efforts.
South Carolina National Guard finalizes hurricane plans
September 14, 2018
Soldiers with the 1-118th Infantry Battalion stage a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) at the McClellanville Fire Department ahead of Hurricane Florence, Sept. 13, 2018, McClellanville, South Carolina. Approximately 2,100 Soldiers and Airmen have been mobilized to prepare, respond and participate in recovery efforts for Hurricane Florence.
Okla. Army National Guard water rescue team deploys to Florence
September 14, 2018
Sgt. Kelby Shifflett, center, and Sgt. Anthony McCall, right, UH-60 Black Hawk crew chiefs, assigned to Charlie Company, 1-169 General Support Aviation Battalion, Oklahoma Army National Guard, conduct pre-flight checks on the external rescue hoist prior to leaving to support relief efforts for Hurricane Florence Sept. 13, 2018. Seven Soldiers from the aviation unit trained in Helicopter Search and Rescue operations will conduct swift water rescues using dynamic and static hoists to rescue stranded citizens after the hurricane subsides.
Guard units from 14 states gear up for Hurricane Florence
September 13, 2018
Pararescue personnel from the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron, 176th Wing, and California ANG’s 131st Rescue Squadron, 129th Rescue Wing, settle into a AKANG’s 144th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., Sept. 12, 2018. The Guardsmen complete with equipment, trailers and vehicles are enroute to Dover Air Force Base, Del., in preparation for offering support to civil authorities as needed in response to hurricane relief operations.
N.Y. Air Guard sends personnel and gear for Florence
September 13, 2018
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Peter Zaccariello, a pararescueman assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing, New York Air National Guard, checks and loads rescue equipment in preparation for Hurricane Florence Relief Operations, September 12, 2018.