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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      C-5 with personnel for disaster relief effortsAETC Airmen deploy to aid in Hurricane Harvey relief efforts
                        
                        
                        Personnel from the 502nd Logistics Readiness Squadron load supplies and equipment on a C-5 Galaxy as part of Total Force hurricane relief efforts Aug. 30, 2017, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Approximately 70 Airmen from Air Education and Training Command departed JBSA-Lackland Kelly Field Annex to support the efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ismael Ortega)
                
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        Texas flag is flown en route to hurricane relief effortsJB Charleston provides aid to hurricane victims
                        
                        
                        Senior Airman Justin Hampton, 16th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, hangs the state flag of Texas prior to takeoff of a disaster relief mission Aug. 29, 2017. Hampton, a Texas native, represents one of three airlift squadrons which departed within three hours of tasking. All of this was done while supporting daily combat sustainment missions to the U.S. Central Command theater of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Thomas T. Charlton)
                
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Air Mobility Command joins Hurricane Harvey relief effortsPublished Sept. 1, 2017
                    
                    
                    Air Mobility Command Public Affairs
            **SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. --** Air Mobility Command has directed allocation of its airlift, aeromedical evacuation and contingency response assets to federal Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, as requested by U.S. Northern Command Aug. 30.
AMC C-17, C-130, C-5 and KC-10 aircraft from continental U.S. AMC wings, elements of the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and various support personnel are deploying to affected areas of Texas to support ongoing FEMA- and USNORTHCOM-led efforts to provide relief to residents affected by the recent storm.
“As we support our joint warfighters and allies across the globe, we remain ready when called to assist in life-saving efforts for Americans and those in need following any natural disaster or other crisis,” said Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II, Air Mobility Command commander. “We’re proud to serve alongside our federal, state and local partners to assist our fellow citizens.”
Command, control and coordination of humanitarian airlift efforts for victims of hurricanes is provided by the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The 618th TACC coordinates an average of 500 airlift and air refueling missions each day, and can seamlessly redirect aircraft to support requirements for contingency or humanitarian relief operations.
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