CENTCOM shows they are ready, willing and able to supply relief to Pakistani earthquake victims.
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — The first relief supplies from the United States ready for departure aboard here on a U.S. Air Force C-17 less than 48 hours after the devastating earthquake that left thousands dead and thousands more injured. The C-17 and its crew from the 7th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., delivered 12 pallets — weighing almost 90,000 pounds — of food, water, medicine and blankets from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. Two aerial port specialists from Bagram’s 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron were also on the flight to coordinate and manage cargo at Islamabad. Airmen and soldiers at Bagram, with only a few hours notice, worked feverishly to palletize the supplies and prepare them for the flight.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. James H. Cunningham)
This is just another example of how US Forces are in the region to help humanity, even though the mainstream media will ignore this type of story in favor of bombings and casualties and anything to make the military look “evil.”
Visit the CENTCOM website for more on this and other relief efforts.