MILITARY & VETERANS AFFAIRS
NEWS RELEASE
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
Staff Sgt. Barbara Harbison (609) 530-7088
or Lt. Col. Roberta Niedt (609) 530-6939(06 September, 2005)
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MILITARY & VETERANS AFFAIRS
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Jersey Guard Water Status As Of 6 Sept. 2005
More than 500 pallets consisting of dozens of cases of bottled water sit in a parking lot of the 108th Air Refueling Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, prior to being transported by the 108th ARW via KC-135 Tankers to areas hit by Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Stephenson, NJDMAVA/PA.
Since the first mission left McGuire Air Force Base for Naval Air Station New Orleans on Friday morning, New Jersey Army and Air National Guard members have consolidated and flown 26 flights of approximately 37,400 cases, which equates to 127,721 gallons of bottled water down to New Orleans.
Currently, hundreds of additional pallets of water already collected are positioned at McGuire Air Force Base, ready to be transported to the area affected by Hurricane Katrina. Flights are scheduled on a daily basis and will continue as warranted. Each flight can hold up to six pallets or 1,200 cases of water. It is estimated that missions will be flown to New Orleans, Louisiana and Gulfport, Mississippi through the end of the week in order to transport the water already collected from armories throughout the state. |
