Col. Kurt Matthews, 920th Rescue Wing commander interviewed with local central Florida media while a contingent of 90 Citizen Airmen from the his wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, deployed to Texas to exercise their hurricane relief capabilities. Wing Airmen launched three HH-60G Pave Hawk combat-search-and-rescue helicopters and two combat king HC-130P/N aerial refueling aircraft to Naval Air Station Ft. Worth Joint Reserve Base where Tenth Air Force Headquarters is located. If the Federal Emergency Management Agency or Air Combat Command gives the order to provide disaster relief fol
Col. Kurt Matthews, 920th Rescue Wing commander interviewed with local central Florida media while a contingent of 90 Citizen Airmen from the his wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, deployed to Texas to exercise their hurricane relief capabilities. Wing Airmen launched three HH-60G Pave Hawk combat-search-and-rescue helicopters and two combat king HC-130P/N aerial refueling aircraft to Naval Air Station Ft. Worth Joint Reserve Base where Tenth Air Force Headquarters is located. If the Federal Emergency Management Agency or Air Combat Command gives the order to provide disaster relief following Hurricane Harvey’s devastating effects to the state, the 920th will be ready to help.
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