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  • Relief supplies, people continue arriving at Ellington Field

    09/27/2005 4:41:00 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 255+ views
    Air Force Links ^ | Sep 27, 2005 | Senior Airman Catharine Schmidt
    ELLINGTON FIELD, Texas -- More than 100 tons of relief supplies have left this airfield for hurricane-affected Gulf Coast areas via CH-47 Chinook helicopters since Sept. 24. The airfield, which is the central hub for Texas relief operations, is home to the 147th Fighter Wing and its fleet of F-16 Fighting Falcon jets. Wing leaders asked the 136th Airlift Wing at Fort Worth, Texas, to support operations. The Fort Worth wing’s tanker airlift control element has been controlling the airflow to and from the airfield since it opened the day Hurricane Rita passed. And the 136th Aerial Port Squadron has...