Airmen Support Honduras Operation:

Feb. 10, 2006

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Members of the New York Air National Guard’s 137th Airlift Squadron are among US military forces participating in New Horizons Honduras 2006. The Air Guardsmen flew a C-5 airlifter loaded with supplies to La Ceiba, Honduras, where US and Honduran military personnel will build four new schools and a maternity clinic.

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