CUCUTA, COLOMBIA – A group of Reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing from Joint Base Charleston delivered humanitarian aid Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, which will benefit the people of Venezuela.
The C-17 Globmaster III touched down in Cucuta, just a mile and a half from the Venezuelan border and was met by Colombian President Ivan Duquemarquez and Vice President Marta Lucia-Ramirez.
“Today, you may have helped changed the world,” said President Duquemarquez as he spoke to the C-17 crew from Charleston about international efforts to feed and provide care for the people of Venezuela. “You are helping more people than you could possibly know,” said the president.
The shipment consisted of 49,580 lbs. of rice and 12,100...
