Some 155 airmen from the Royal Australian Air Force are deployed to Southwest Asia, where they operate C-130 airlifters, flying supplies throughout the Southwest Asia area of operations. SrA. Clark Staehle also reports that some RAAF airmen work in the Combined Air Operations Center, where they coordinate Australian airlift flights and provide intelligence for other Australian assets in the theater.
Members of the Air Force Reserve’s 920th Rescue Wing helped save 11 airplane crash survivors off the coast of Florida on May 12. The Reserve Airmen were flying an HC-130J Combat King II and an HH-60W Jolly Green II on a routine training flight when a Coast Guard call diverted…