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  • Air Force members rediscover RED HORSE legacy in Haiti

    Engineers from the 190th Air Refueling Wing and 184th Intelligence Wing, Kansas Air National Guard, were conducting a routine survey of the field adjacent to the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti when they discovered a group of Airmen had been there before. While leveling the field, Airmen noticed

  • AFSOUTH Finance-Contracting team keeps 24th AEG stocked

    While members of Air Forces Southern, the Air Component to U.S. Southern Command, are managing air traffic through the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a team of contracting and finance Airmen are ensuring the newly stood-up 24th Air Expeditionary Group has the

  • Transition to return tower to Haitian controllers begins

    Two weeks after the earthquake devastated vast portions of Port-Au-Prince, Air Force air traffic controllers are working side by side with Haitian air traffic controllers to provide some sense of normalcy.Feb. 1 marked the first of many days that Haitian controllers will work side by side with

  • Air Force civil engineers build all-new camp for Airmen in Haiti

    The perfect rows of a tent city are no accident. Ideally, before a single stake is driven into the ground, civil engineers have meticulously determined the placement of each building. In Port-au-Prince, however, the Kansas Air National Guard civil engineers had almost no notice before they were

  • Air Force EMEDS provides care, compassion to people of Haiti

    A cement truck rumbles by a group of uniformed Airmen, kicking up a cloud of dust. Unfazed, the group reaches into a waiting van and begins to walk a stretcher towards a group of light-brown tents. It's only 11:30 a.m., but the team has already done this exercise half a dozen times in the sweltering

  • Airman promoted in midst of earthquake relief

    When Staff Sgt. Diane Brown stepped into the Joint Task Force-Haiti Joint Operation Center this morning, she knew she'd reached a career milestone. Today, her line number for Technical Sergeant was in the group to be promoted. The fact that she was to be promoted in the midst of assisting the people

  • Creech Airmen team with FAA to provide RPA assets to JTF-Haiti

    After the Jan. 12 earthquake, virtually every U.S. government agency has found a role in assisting the people of Haiti, leading to new partnerships and groundbreaking initiatives. For the first time, Airmen from Creech Air Force Base are partnering with officials from the U.S. Federal Aviation