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  • Nepal, USAF combine efforts to conduct critical runway repairs

    Airmen and Nepalese officials worked together to repair the runway at the Tribhuvan International Airport here May 9 through 10.Airmen with the 36th Contingency Response Group attached to Joint Task Force-505 and members of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal teamed up to conduct necessary repairs

  • Joint U.S. forces support Nepal earthquake relief efforts in Thailand

    In support of Operation Sahayogi Haat, U.S. Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines are ensuring humanitarian assistance and disaster relief supplies and personnel are moving smoothly in and out of Nepal at an intermediate staging base at Utapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand.At the ISB, Joint

  • By the numbers: Operation Sahayogi Haat Airport Operations

    The 36th Contingency Response Group, under Joint Task Force-505, has been supporting Operation Sahayogi Haat at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal since May 5.On May 9, Airmen assigned to the 36th CRG, in cooperation with DHL contractors and the Nepalese Army, offloaded 530,110

  • Airman returns home to Nepal earthquake

    When Senior Airman Manoj Khatiwada was asked to join a team of Pacific Air Force Airmen traveling to Nepal to assist the government with relief operations following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, he was filled with mixed emotions."Returning to Nepal for this mission was an emotional moment for me. I

  • On Firebirds' wings: JBER sends humanitarian aid to Nepal

    Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson sent the installation's first round of humanitarian support to the people of Nepal affected by a recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake in the form of a C-17 Globemaster III and support personnel May 1.The aircraft, from the 517th Airlift Squadron, carried a K Loader and a

  • JBER personnel at Exercise Balikatan help construct schools

    Philippine, U.S. and Australian forces joined barangay, meaning village in Filipino, communities including San Rafael, Santa Lourdes and Sabang to turn over brand new school buildings to elementary and high schools during exercise Balikatan 2015 April 28 and 29.This year marked the 31st iteration of

  • Key Spouse Program vital to family readiness

    Air Force spouses are essential to maintaining stability on the home front as Airmen maintain focus on the war front and the 647th Civil Engineer Squadron Key Spouse program takes it to heart.The key spouse program is an official unit/family program overseen by commanders designed to enhance

  • 36th CRG expands US military support to Nepal

    The U.S. military has deployed the 36th Contingency Response Group, a rapid-deployment unit with the capability of securing and operating an airfield, to Kathmandu, Nepal May 5."While we are in Nepal we will work with the Nepalese to accelerate airfield operations and increase the capacity to bring