As part of recent humanitarian relief missions, Central Command sent an Air Force C-17 Globemaster cargo plane directly to Kulob, Tajikistan, with a full load of large, durable tents to support victims of the recent flood. Since floods and mudslides struck residents of the Kulob area of the Khatlon province, May 7, the United States government, at the request of the government of Tajikistan, has provided more than $588,000 in humanitarian...
As part of an ongoing effort to enhance logistics throughout Afghanistan, the Director of CENTCOM Deployment and Distribution Operations Center, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert McMahon, met with U.S. logistics and border security forces from Combined Joint Task Force 82nd (Regional Command-East) at Torkham Gate, the critical border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The mayor of Hayraton, Afghanistan and several other town logistics officials met with U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert McMahon and his staff to discuss potential improvements in the cargo supply chain from Uzbekistan into Afghanistan.
