Free Republic

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (AFPN) -- For the past week, news stations have been running nonstop coverage about the devastation in the Gulf Coast region. People have seen heroic rescues from rooftops and flooded homes, families opening their homes to those in need, and countless people and organizations donating money, supplies. Airmen with the 552nd Air Control Wing here are no different. On Sept. 3, they began supporting search-and-rescue operations in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, and they leaped at the chance to make a difference. “Everyone wanted to be the first to go,” said Maj. Raymond Lewis, mission crew...