A C-17 on Tuesday night transported 31 very pregnant women from Keesler to Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland AFB, Tex. A short time later, a C-130 delivered 25 other patients who had been hospitalized in the Keesler Medical Center, which like much of the base was flooded and without power.
The Pentagon is significantly bolstering airpower near Venezuela, dispatching the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to Latin America, it said in an Oct. 24 statement. The announcement came just hours after U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers and other U.S. assets flew near the Venezuelan coast on Oct. 23.
