AMC Is Hauling in Helicopters and More: Air Mobility Command officials say command airlifters will be transporting 24 Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters to aid relief efforts in Pakistan. Stateside airlifters already have flown in contingency response airmen to set up bare-base airfield operations and some 200,000 pounds of supplies and equipment.
Aircraft readiness will suffer if Congress does not approve some $1.5 billion worth of spare parts the Air Force requested in its annual Unfunded Priorities List, sent to Capitol Hill last week, Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said.