A total of eight Air Force C-130 transports operating of out Thailand had delivered nearly 100 tons of supplies to Burma as of May 14 to aid the survivors of Tropical Cyclone Nargis, according to US defense officials. The most recent flights came on that day as five C-130s landed at Yangon International Airport in Rangoon, loaded with water, blankets, rations, mosquito netting and plastic sheeting, the Pentagon said in a May 15 release. While Burmese officials have agreed to allow five more planeloads of relief supplies, the US has been limited to using C-130s and landing at Yangon. US military officials would like to set up a helicopter forward operating base outside of Burma and then be granted the right to ferry relief supplies aboard the helicopters directly into the areas hardest hit by the cyclone deep in the Irrawaddy River delta. The first C-130, operating from Utapao, Thailand, touched down at Yangon May 12.
Pentagon Releases Cost of Living, BAH Rates for 2026
Dec. 30, 2025
The Pentagon will pay cost of living allowances to 127,000 service members in the continental U.S. in 2026, an increase of 66,000 members in 2025. Airmen and Guardians across the U.S. will also receive an average increase of 4.2 percent for their Basic Housing Allowance, compared to the 5.4 percent…
