From: bergman@AFPAN.PA.AF.MIL (CMSgt Mike Bergman)
Newsgroups: soc.veterans
Subject: AF Reserve News 08/26/92
Date: 27 Aug 92 14:30:48 GMT
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* Deployment shortened; reservists return early  Release No. 92070
* AFRES hurricane relief missions continue    Release No. 96071               

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Deployment shortened; reservists return early  Release No. 92070
     ROBINS AFB, Ga. -- Two hundred fifty reservists from the 482nd 
Fighter Wing are facing a bittersweet homecoming.  They are returning 
home to pick up the broken pieces of their lives in the wake of 
Hurricane Andrew's widespread destruction to south Florida and 
Homestead AFB, Fla.
     The Air Force Reserve has terminated the reservists' current 
deployment to Aviano AB, Italy, and canceled the follow-on deployment 
of some 250 additional reservists.  The 482nd FW had deployed eight of 
its F-16 aircraft and personnel to Italy Aug. 16 in support of the Air 
Force's annual Checkered Flag exercise.  
    Approximately half of the deployed reservists will return on an 
Air Force Reserve C-141 aircraft to Opa-locka airport, just north of 
Miami, Aug. 27 at 4:15 p.m., eastern time.  The remaining reservists 
are expected to return Aug. 30.  Time and location will be determined 
later.  Relatives and friends may meet returning reservists at the 
airport. 
    For more information, one may call the 482nd FW temporary command 
post at Opa-locka, (305) 953-2201; the toll-free Air Force number at 
Langley AFB, Va., 1-800-232-9916; or the Air Force Family Support 
Center at Eglin AFB, Fla., (904) 882-9060 or (904) 882-9061.  
(AFRESNS)  


                                   

AFRES hurricane relief missions continue    Release No. 96071               
     ROBINS AFB, Ga. -- Air Force Reserve involvement in relief 
efforts continue to grow following Hurricane Andrew's devastation of 
Homestead AFB, Fla.
     Reservists and aircrews are being called on for various types of 
support.
     The 908th Airlift Group, Maxwell AFB, Ala., flew a mission to 
Lakeland, Fla., Aug. 25 with support materials for the 301st Rescue 
Squadron.  The unit is also flying another mission Aug. 26 with tents 
and water to support the 301st at its south Florida location.
     The 919th Special Operations Wing, Duke Field, Fla., flew one 
mission to Opa-locka, Fla., Aug. 26 carrying 23,000 pounds of supplies 
from a federal prison at Eglin AFB, Fla., to support the federal 
prison at Homestead AFB.  Using a C-130 Hercules, the 919th will later 
fly in medical supplies from Augusta, Ga., to an unknown destination 
in south Florida.
     Unit C-130s from the 94th Airlift Wing, Dobbins ARB, Ga., flew 
Homestead AFB's 482nd Fighter Wing pilots from Robins AFB to MacDill 
AFB, Fla., Aug. 25 and 26.  Pilots were returning to Florida after 
relocating eight F-16 Fighting Falcons to Robins AFB for safety.
     On Aug. 26, the 439th AW, Westover ARB, Mass., used a C-5 Galaxy 
to fly Federal Emergency Management Agency personnel and equipment out 
of Maynard, Mass., to Opa-locka, Fla.
     The 459th AW, Andrews AFB, Md., flew FEMA personnel and equipment 
from Pope AFB, N.C., to Opa-locka, Fla., on a unit C-141 Starlifter 
Aug. 25.  The unit is also planning a mission to Aviano, Italy, to 
return 482nd FW members deployed for a Checkered Flag exercise.
    HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters from the 301st Rescue Squadron, 
Homestead AFB, are flying Dade County, Fla., emergency response team 
around the storm-damaged area.     
      A 433rd AW C-5 Galaxy left Kelly AFB, Texas, Aug. 26 to pick up 
emergency relief supplies and equipment for transportation to the 
Homestead AFB area.  Cargo includes kitchen refrigerators, generators, 
water purification kits, showers, latrines and various supplies.
     The 939th Rescue Wing, Portland IAP ARS, Ore., has an HC-130 
operating out of Patrick AFB, Fla., taking part in the relief efforts.  
(AFRESNS)

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