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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Air Mobility Command forces were poised immediately to support relief operations in Japan after an earthquake and resulting tsunami struck the nation, according to AMC officials.
Multiple AMC aircraft and crews were placed on alert, according to officials, positioning forces to take-off within hours of receiving the call to support the humanitarian relief effort.
Both tanker and airlift aircraft were included in the alert posture. Forces from the 615th Contingency Response Wing, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., were also poised to deploy to quickly open and operateairfields to receive and off-load humanitarian relief supplies.
Mission planning and command-and-control for the AMC portion of the humanitarian effort will be led by AMC's Tanker Airlift Control Center at Scott AFB, Ill. As AMC's hub for global operations, the TACC plans, schedules anddirects a fleet of nearly 1,300 mobility aircraft in support ofstrategic airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation operationsaround the world.
In addition to supporting U.S. warfighters in Iraq and Afghanistan, AMC's global mission includes humanitarian airlift in response to global events, such as the case with supporting relief operations in Japan.
| Date Taken: | 03.15.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 03.15.2011 11:14 |
| Story ID: | 67094 |
| Location: | SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, ILLINOIS, US |
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