CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A team of Airmen from the West Virginia Air National Guard's 130th Airlift Wing will be deploying to Puerto Rico with the Joint Incident Site Communications Capability (JISCC) today and later this week to support recovery operations following Hurricane Maria.
The team of specialized communications Airmen will utilize the JISCC to provide non-secure voice, data, video, and radio interoperability with local, state and federal agencies working Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
"The West Virginia National Guard continues to lean forward to provide any
kind of support we can to the people of Puerto Rico," said Maj. Gen. James
A. Hoyer, The Adjutant General of the West Virginia National Guard....
Four Airmen from the West Virginia Air National Guard’s 130th and 167th Airlift Wings recently competed against the best Air National Guardsmen in the nation for the Air National Guard’s Outstanding Airman of the Year.
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Charles Workman, 130th Airlift Wing Electro/Environmental Systems Specialist, returned recently from a five-week deployment to the most remote, geographically separated unit on the planet, Antarctica.
