Pakistan Airlift Wraps Up

Photo by SSgt. Andy Kin

Two US Air Force C-130 Hercules crews conducted the last fixed-wing aircraft missions to deliver flood relief supplies in Pakistan on 3 October 2010, flying humanitarian supplies from Chaklala AB to Skardu Airport in northern Pakistan. The fixed-wing relief missions, which began at the end of July, concluded after the Pakistani government informed the US government that military airlift was no longer required. However, both US military helicopter relief flights in-country and US Air Force contingency response element aid distribution operations at Chaklala AB continue. To date, US military personnel and aircraft, working with the Pakistan military, have delivered more than 14.5 million pounds of relief supplies and evacuated more than 21,000 people in flood-affected areas.