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  • Airman views devastated hometown from air

    09/13/2005 4:32:13 PM PDT · by SandRat · 2 replies · 223+ views
    Air Force Links ^ | sep 13, 2005 | 1st Lt Nathan D. Broshear
    NEW ORLEANS (AFPN) -- Airmen with the 822nd Security Forces Squadron are used to deploy into war-ravaged regions and secure airfields -- that is their primary mission. But for one of the squadron’s Airman, the 822nd’s current mission to provide security here in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has been particularly important. New Orleans native Airman 1st Class Brandon Johnson flew in a Navy helicopter over his hometown Sept. 11 while providing security escort for news media aboard. The view was sobering. “It’s terrible seeing (flooded) streets (where) I used to ride my bike,” said Airman Johnson, who is deployed...