From left, Lt. Col. Otis Hooper, a member of the District of Columbia Air National Guard, and Master Sgt. Tom Cates, tower chief controller for the Mississippi Air National Guard stand in front of a mobile air traffic control tower at the Henry E. Rohlsen International Airport on the island of St. Croix, Virgin Islands. The airport's fixed control tower was condemned, following Hurricane Maria. Currently, 16 members of the Mississippi Air National Guard have taken the helms of the airport with a mobile air traffic control tower, that's powered by generators and operates 24 hour a day ensuring

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From left, Lt. Col. Otis Hooper, a member of the District of Columbia Air National Guard, and Master Sgt. Tom Cates, tower chief controller for the Mississippi Air National Guard stand in front of a mobile air traffic control tower at the Henry E. Rohlsen International Airport on the island of St. Croix, Virgin Islands. The airport's fixed control tower was condemned, following Hurricane Maria. Currently, 16 members of the Mississippi Air National Guard have taken the helms of the airport with a mobile air traffic control tower, that's powered by generators and operates 24 hour a day ensuring personnel and supplies support military relief efforts.

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