Two C-130Js and airmen from the 19th Airlift Wing at Little Rock AFB, Ark., landed in Lima, Peru earlier this week to help respond to flooding and landslides that has killed more than 100 people and left over 150,000 people homeless. The aircraft landed April 4 to deliver supplies, such as meals, water purification systems, and generators. The Air Force is ready to deploy another aircraft to help airdrop supplies to austere locations if necessary, Air Force spokesman Col. Patrick Ryder told reporters. The Pentagon has also donated $270,000 for equipment, such as water purification systems and portable solar generators, to help respond to the disaster.
Northrop Grumman test fired its newest solid rocket motor Dec. 4, part of an internally funded effort to rapidly design and build SRMs using advanced manufacturing techniques.
