I worked with a Combat Controller team a bunch of years ago down in Hondo. Super guys.
Nice Pics.I believe that they were called combat controllers
in my day?
There’s a lot of workhorse aircraft in that first picture. FedEx 727, two USAF C-130s...I can’t make out whose Ilyushin Il-76 that is in the background. And parked in the middle of all of those is a Gulfstream! I wonder whose it is.
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Where were the Italian controllers?
Still a fair amount of ramp space available at that instant. If not now incorporated Homestead ARB is a natural for the air supply stream into Haiti. An hour flight, maximum cargo loads, plenty staging area, RR and highway land supply, and air route could even be a VFR corridor. And I suppose nothing wrong for foreign national flights to fit into the stream, just make sure they have a bigger (safer) block. (Although command would have to play hardball if they started screwing things up.)
I guess someone has figured this out.
Just help the locals in place, no "crisis" immigration, which isn't a long term solution anyway. (I know from experience there'll be thousands clawing to get on those US flagged aircraft.)
I can’t believe that airport building is still standing. How in the world did it escape the destruction of the earthquake.
I don't want to spread rumors but it would also me a huge mistake to suppress any news of attacks. We need to be there but we also need to know.
WOW...brings back memories...
Great pix - thanks for posting. Nothing fancy there, just the pros doing their thing. BTT.