Feb. 23, 2007 Airmen wrap up airdrop campaign The Air Force C-130 Hercules team Dec. 14 wrapped up its six-day campaign of airdropping more than 211,000 pounds of supplies into the flood-ravaged Dadaab region of eastern Kenya.But to children on the ground, it was the last 60 pounds that maybe made the most difference.As a way to say goodbye and
Feb. 23, 2007 Air Force delivers much needed supplies to Kenya After weeks of a deluge that seemingly had no end in sight, something besides rain finally fell from the Eastern Kenya sky -- compliments of a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing based in Southwest Asia.What began as a normal storm in late October in the Dadaab
Feb. 23, 2007 386th AEW wing slated as next generation of fuels mobility equipment The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing will become the test wing for the next generation of fuels mobility support equipment.The fuels operational resources capability equipment is scheduled to be installed by Jan. 3 with an operational utility evaluation immediately following.The equipment is designed to
Feb. 23, 2007 4th Corps Soldiers get lift from 386th AEW Pvt. 1st Class Michael Sirrine is on his first deployment but knows plenty about being in the desert. A native of Tuscon, Ariz., he noticed as soon as he arrived in Kuwait, "it's just like home, with less cactus."Before boarding an Air Force C-130 Hercules in early September for Balad, Iraq, Private