From: bergman@AFPAN.PA.AF.MIL (CMSgt Mike Bergman)
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Subject: AFRES News Svc 08/28/92
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						  Release No. 92075
						  August 28, 1992


Reserve Rescue Unit Saves 40 lives in aftermath of Hurricane Andrew

ROBINS AFB, Ga. -- More than 40 lives have been saved by Air

Force Reserve rescue units flying out of Kendall-Tamiami Airport

and Patrick AFB in Florida.

     Reserve helicopter and tanker aircrews are providing the

primary search and rescue personnel and equipment to assist the

Dade County fire and rescue agencies who lost their helicopters

when Hurricane Andrew ravaged south Florida this week.

     Due to the destruction at their homebase at Homestead AFB,

the Air Force Reserve had to relocate its HC-130 Hercules tanker

and H-60 Pave Hawk helicopter flying activities to two open

airfields at Kendall-Tamiami Airport.

     Operating out of a small room and tents, members of the

301st Rescue Squadron from Homestead AFB, and the 939th Rescue

Wing and 304th Rescue Squadron from Portland, Ore., have combined

to fly over 98 missions.  The Reserve rescue crews have

flown 32 of those missions for rescue purposes since the

emergency caused by Hurricane Andrew began.

     "The 24-hour-a-day operation will continue as long as

needed," said Col. Oral Carper, commander of the 301st Rescue

Squadron.
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     Missions flown include transportation of rescue dogs needed

to locate hurricane victims in collapsed buildings.  Reserve

pararescuemen provide medical treatment to the injured.  Other

missions have included transporting a traffic accident victim and

airlifting a pregnant woman whose complications required

immediate hospitalization.

     In addition, Reserve pararescuemen are assisting field

hospitals set up for primary care throughout south Florida.  Most

of the injuries being treated in the field hospitals are minor,

but the Reserve rescue aircrews have been called to airlift

critical patients to Miami hospitals for further medical

treatment.

     A Reserve mobile communications vehicle, transported from

the rescue unit at Portland, Ore., to the Tamiami Airport, has

provided a communications link between civilian and military

rescue agencies.

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					  Release No. M92011
					  August 28, 1992

More Homestead Reservists Return Early From Overseas Deployment

     ROBINS AFB, Ga. -- More Air Force Reservists deployed to Aviano Air

Base, Italy, when Hurricane Andrew struck south Florida, will be

reunited with family members and friends on Sunday.

     Some 120 members of the Air Force Reserve's 482nd Fighter Wing,

assigned to Homestead Air Force Base, Fla., are scheduled to arrive at

Fort Lauderdale International Airport, aboard a commercial DC-10

aircraft, at approximately 2:30 p.m., on Sunday.  The 482nd had deployed

eight of its F-16 aircraft and personnel to Italy on Aug. 16 in support

of the Air Force's annual Checkered Flag exercise.  The Air Force

Reserve has since terminated the reservists' deployment and canceled the

follow-on deployment of additional reservists.

     The first group of returning reservists arrived Thursday, Aug. 27,

at Opa-locka Coast Guard Station, Fla., aboard an Air Force Reserve C-

141 Starlifter.

    For more information, call the 482nd 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.

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