11/3/2012 - FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- A C-5 Galaxy from the 60th Airlift Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., departed Fairchild AFB, Wash., Nov. 2 at about 11 a.m. filled with 19 Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) volunteers and five of their support vehicles. They will land at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst where BPA will make their way to Long Island, New York to help restore power following the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
Airmen from the 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron weighed, measured and performed safety inspections on 14 BPA vehicles last night beginning around 9 p.m. Within six hours, every vehicle was inventoried and each was slated for a particular flight for today. The rest of the equipment will be flown on two C-17 Globemasters from Joint Base Charleston, S.C.
"Our logistics Airmen were running 24-hour operations as soon as we were notified yesterday afternoon," said Col. Shawn Teagan, 92nd Operations Group commander. "The attention to detail they've given to this mission has been first class. Fairchild Airmen are proud to serve this country and are humbled to answer the call of others in their time of need."
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