Ill Winds: Air Force Reserve's Response to Hurricanes

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8 from 919 th SOW (Eglin AFB Aux Field, FL) Civil Engineers 5 from 908 th AW (Maxwell AFB, AL) Civil Engineers 8 from 315 th AW (Charleston AFB, SC) Civil Engineers 4 from 911 th AW (Pittsburgh IAP ARS, PA) Civil Engineers 1 from the Training Certification Center (TCC) Staff at Dobbins ARB, GA The 94 th (Dobbins ARB, GA) Civil Engineer’s Emergency Airfield Light System (EALS) was moved by a 440th AW (General Mitchell IAP ARS, WI) C-130. Thirteen personnel, and material handling equipment (MHE) (25K and 10K loaders) from the 433 rd AW (Lackland AFB, TX) Tactical Airlift Control Element and Aerial Port Squadron were moved by a 403 rd AW (Keesler AFB, MS) C-130. Nine personnel from the 94 th AW (Dobbins ARB, GA), radios, and communications and control (C2) ramp vehicles were moved by a 94 th AW C-130. Evacuations and redeployments of HH-60s and HC-130s for the 920 th RQW (Patrick AFB, FL) were supported by 433 rd AW (Lackland AFB, TX) C-5s, the 403 rd AW (Keesler AFB, MS) C-130s and the 94 th AW (Dobbins ARB, GA) C- 130s. 248 31 Oct 05 AFRC flew 3 C-5 missions in support of Hurricane Katrina for 57.1 hours, carrying 609.3 tons of cargo and 124 passengers. 249 31 Oct 05 The 482 nd FW (Homestead ARB, FL) received 1056 cases of meals ready to eat (MREs) from MacDill AFB, FL, to support the base in the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma. 250 31 Oct 05 The 433 rd AW (Lackland AFB, TX) had flown 10 missions totaling 62.1 hours, carrying 532 passengers and 614.5 tons of cargo in support of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts; 6 C-5 missions totaling 33.7 hours carrying 596 passengers and 14.5 tons of cargo; and 2 missions totaling 11.7 hours carrying 68 tons of cargo in support of Hurricane Wilma. 251 31 Oct 05 Seventeen operations and maintenance personnel from the 433 rd AW (Lackland AFB, TX) deployed to Homestead ARB, FL, to support Hurricane Wilma airflow into and out of the base. Two Airlift Control Flight (ALCF) vehicles, 1 ALCF Mobile Air Reporting Communications 248 Msg (U), Col. Thomas A Prior to Betty R. Kennedy, “Wilma Summary,” 4 Nov 05. 249 SITREP (S/Reason 1.5(a), DECL on 32 Oct (sic) 2011), “AFRC SITREP,” 31 Oct 05, material used in UNCLASSIFIED per 22 AF/CAT Email to HQ AFRC/CAT, “Tasker 5373,” 11 Jan 06. 250 SITREP (S/Reason 1.5(a), DECL on 32 Oct (sic) 2011), “AFRC SITREP,” 31 Oct 05, material used is UNCLASSIFIED per 610 RSG/SCB Email to HQ AFRC/CAT, “Tasker 5373,” 9 Jan 06. 251 SITREP (S/Reason 1.5(a), DECL on 32 Oct (sic) 2011), “AFRC SITREP,” 31 Oct 05, material used is UNCLASSIFIED. 56
(MARC) shelter, 1 25K loader, and 1 10K forklift remained deployed to Homestead ARB. 252 31 Oct 05 The 446 th AW had flown a total of 5 missions totaling 137.2 hours since the beginning of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts and moved 635 passengers and 567.2 tons of cargo. 253 31 Oct 05 The 940 th ARW had one KC-135R aircraft and crew on alert in support of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. 1 Nov 05 As of this date, 25 civilian deaths were attributed to Hurricane Wilma, including 6 in Florida. 2 Nov 05 Engineers testified before the US Senate that the flooding in New Orleans occurred in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina because faulty foundations for canal walls collapsed. 254 4 Nov 05 One hundred percent of Air Force Reserve personnel had been accounted for in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. 255 4 Nov 05 As part of JTF Katrina support, 87 Security Force personnel requirements remained at Lackland AFB, TX. Their release was scheduled for 14 Nov 05, with organic airlift being arranged for all 87 individuals on that date. 256 14 Nov 05 Hurricane Katrina’s death toll reached 9 in FL, 1076 in LA and 230 in MS. It was numbered among the ten worst natural disasters ever to hit the United States, displacing almost two million people and causing damage estimated at up to $200 billion. Monetary damages alone were expected to exceed by five times the devastation caused by Hurricane Andrew. 257 252 SITREP (S/Reason 1.5(a), DECL on 32 Oct (sic) 2011), “AFRC SITREP,” 31 Oct 05, material used is UNCLASSIFIED. 253 SITREP (S/Reason 1.5(a), DECL on (32 Oct (sic.) 2011), “AFRC SITREP,” 31 Oct 05, material used is UNCLASSIFIED per 4 AF Battle Staff Email to HQ AFRC/CAT, “Tasker 5373,” 29 Dec 06. 254 Art (U), David Kesterbaum, “Flawed Walls Led to Flooding in New Orleans,: available at http://www.mpr.org/templates/story/story.pho?storyId=4986779 on 22 Nov 05. 255 Bfg (U), AFRC/CVX, “Weekly Activity Report,” 4 Nov 05. 256 Bfg (U), AFRC/CVX, “Weekly Activity Report,” 4 Nov 05. 257 Art (U), “LA Toll Rises as Evacuees Find Dead in Return to Homes,” 14 Nov 05, available at http://usatoday.com/news/nation .2005-11-14-Katrina-toll_x.htm on 21 Nov 05; Art (U), Ceci Connolly, “Katrina’s Emotional Damage Lingers,” Washington Post, 7 Dec 05, available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/AR2005120601594 on 13 Dec 05; Art (U), Associated Press, “Katrina Joins List of 10 Deadliest U.S. Disasters,” 14 Sep 05, available at http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/ap-050914_worst_disasters.html on 13 Dec 05; Art (U), James Wilson, Meteorologist, “Tropical Season 2005 Set Many Records,” 10 Dec 05, available at http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/?from=wxcenter_news on 13 Dec 05; Art (U), Normand Forgues-Roy, “Was Katrina the Biggest, the Worst Natural Disaster in U.S. History?” 24 Oct 05, available at http://hnn.us/articles/17193.html on 1 Dec 05. 57
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