Tue, Mar 21, 2006
Single C-17 Drops 32,400 Lbs Of Aid Within 40 Minutes
US Central Command Air Forces Forward news service told
Aero-News Monday that a single US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III
transport jet set an airdrop record last Thursday, by airdropping
32,400 pounds of humanitarian aid within 40 minutes to four
locations in central and eastern Afghanistan.
This airdrop marked the most cargo dropped to this many drop
zones in the shortest amount of time from a single aircraft in the
history of US airdrop operations, said Air Force Lt. Col. Charles
Ciuzio, chief of the Air Mobility Division at the Combined Air
Operations Center. It is the policy of US Central Command Air
Forces Forward to not reveal the center's location.
The record-breaking C-17 and accompanying aircrew are deployed
to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing from McChord Air Force Base,
WA.
The mission delivered 24 bundles of supplies to Afghans in need.
The supplies included winter survival gear, tools, school supplies,
food and blankets. This relief adds to the more than 2.2 million
pounds of humanitarian aid provided for the people of Afghanistan
since October 2004, officials said.
"This mission definitely proves the flexibility of our
airpower," said Air Force Maj. Gabriel Greiss, chief of Air
Mobility Division tactics at the CAOC. "By getting so much done so
quickly, we are undoubtedly optimizing the use of our air assets to
help as much as we can."
Some six million people in Afghanistan and 1.5 million Afghan
refugees depend on international relief programs for survival,
according to White House reports.
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