Ill Winds: Air Force Reserve's Response to Hurricanes

12 Sep - US Northern Command’s Judge Advocate office needed
19 Oct 05 augmentation when it went to 24-hour hurricane operations. AFRC
provided four volunteers to support that effort. 143
13 Sep 05 The 403 rd WG moved 10 medics from Barksdale AFB, LA, to New
Orleans, LA. 144
13 Sep 05 Air Mobility Command Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC/XOBN)
requested to reduce aeromedical evacuation crew alert posture from six (6)
to four (4). 145
13 Sep 05 The 920 th RQS (Patrick AFB, FL) flew four HH-60 sorties for 8.2 hours
and no saves. 146
13 Sep 05 Aerial spray missions continued with three missions scheduled for the
night of 13 Sep 05. 147
14 Sep - Eight personnel from the 41 st Aerial Port Squadron (APS) (Keesler
13 Oct 05 AFB, MS) volunteered to be part of the active duty Tactical Airlift Control
Element (TALCE) support. They unloaded relief supplies from arriving
aircraft and loaded departing aircraft with evacuees at Keesler AFB,
MS. 148
14 Sep 05 Hurricane Ophelia, which contained 85 mph winds, made landfall on the
North Carolina coast near Cape Fear. One death, a drowning along the
southeast Florida coast was attributed to Ophelia. It caused an estimated
$50 million in damage along the North Carolina coast.
15 Sep 05 A third aerial spray aircraft, Tail Number #90-9108, arrived with repair
parts. Tail Number #90-9108, an aircraft struck by a bird, was repaired
and made fully mission capable. 149
15 Sep 05 The 920 th RQS (Patrick AFB, FL) completed 5 sorties for 7.1 hours and 0
saves. 150
143 Summary (U), HQ AFRC/JA, “Katrina Mission Support Summary by AFRC Directorate: JA,” n. d.
144 Timeline (U), HQ AFRC/DOOM, “Hurricane Katrina Comprehensive Timeline,” as of 30 Sep 05.
145 Timeline (U), HQ AFRC/DOOE, “Hurricane Katrina Comprehensive Timeline,” as of 4 Oct 05.
146 Timeline (U), HQ AFRC/DOOM, “Hurricane Katrina Comprehensive Timeline,” as of 30 Sep 05.
147 Timeline (U), HQ AFRC/DOOM, “Hurricane Katrina Comprehensive Timeline,” as of 30 Sep 05.
148 Summary (U), HQ AFRC/DO, “Katrina Mission Support Summary by AFRC Directorate,” n. d.
149 Bfg (S), “AFRC SITBRIEF,” 23 Sep 05, material used is UNCLASSIFIED; Timeline (U), HQ
AFRC/DOOM, “Hurricane Katrina Comprehensive Timeline,” as of 30 Sep 05..
150 Timeline (U), HQ AFRC/DOOM, “Hurricane Katrina Comprehensive Timeline,” as of 30 Sep 05.
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