Ill Winds: Air Force Reserve's Response to Hurricanes
Ill Winds: Air Force Reserve's Response to Hurricanes
Ill Winds: Air Force Reserve's Response to Hurricanes
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personnel from the 507 th ARW (Tinker AFB, OK) <strong>to</strong> Lackland AFB, TX,<br />
for Hurricane Katrina support. 172<br />
21 Sep 05 Two C-130Hs aircraft from the 403 rd WG (Keesler AFB, MS) moved (18)<br />
security force personnel from the 482 nd Security <strong>Force</strong> Squadron (SFS);<br />
(13) from the 434 th AW (Minneapolis-St Paul, WI); (7) from the 927 th<br />
ARW (Selfridge ANGB, MI); and, (13) security policemen from the 445 th<br />
AW (Wright-Patterson AFB, OH) <strong>to</strong> Lackland AFB, TX for Hurricane<br />
Katrina support. 173<br />
21 Sep 05 The 910 th AW (Youngs<strong>to</strong>wn MAP, OH) completed two spray missions. 174<br />
Major Cathy Miller, co-pilot and aircraft commander for an aerial spray flight over Louisiana, goes<br />
through her preflight checklist shortly before takeoff from Duke Field, FL. <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> Reserve<br />
Command crews unanimously agreed that the Gulf Coast missions were their most difficult aerial<br />
spray flights <strong>to</strong> date. (USAF pho<strong>to</strong> by Technical Sergeant Shawn David McCowan) 175<br />
21 Sep 05 The 403 rd WG (Keesler AFB, MS) completed one mission and had two<br />
ongoing against Hurricane Rita. 176<br />
22 Sep 05 Hurricane Rita was a Category 5 hurricane with winds pushing <strong>to</strong> a<br />
maximum intensity of 175 miles per hour. Its central pressure was<br />
measured at 897 mb, the third lowest registered in the Atlantic basin. 177<br />
172 Timeline (U), HQ AFRC/DOOM, “Hurricane Katrina Comprehensive Timeline,” as of 30 Sep 05.<br />
173 Timeline (U), HQ AFRC/DOOM, “Hurricane Katrina Comprehensive Timeline,” as of 30 Sep 05.<br />
174 Timeline (U), HQ AFRC/DOOM, “Hurricane Katrina Comprehensive Timeline,” as of 30 Sep 05.<br />
175 Pho<strong>to</strong> and Caption (U), TSgt Shawn David McCowan, “Reservists Reducing Hurricane-borne Insects,”<br />
USAF pho<strong>to</strong> available at http://www.af.mil/pho<strong>to</strong>s/media_search.asp?q=spray&btnG.x=5&btnG.y=9 on 7<br />
Nov 05.<br />
176 Timeline (U), HQ AFRC/DOOM, “Hurricane Katrina Comprehensive Timeline,” as of 30 Sep 05.<br />
177 Report (U), National Hurricane Center, “Monthly Tropical Weather Summary,” 1 Oct 05, available at<br />
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2005/tws/MIATWSAT_sep.shtml? on 8 Nov 05.<br />
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