Martinsburg Airlift Wing Helps Haiti Relief Mission

Airmen with the West Virginia Air National Guard’s 167th Airlift Wing are working around-the-clock in an effort to get critical life-saving supplies into the hands of Haiti’s earthquake victims.

The air base in Martinsburg, W.Va., was transformed Jan. 14 into a staging area for more than 332,000 pounds of supplies bound for the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Hundreds of thousands of pounds more are expected to be palletized at the air base for shipment to Haiti in the coming days.

A C-17 Globemaster III based out of Jackson, Miss., made the first flight out of the Martinsburg air base on the night of Jan. 14.

Sixteen tractor trailers and eight box trucks ordered by the Department of Health and Human Services brought the critical cargo to the 167th Airlift Wing to be loaded onto aircraft bound for Haiti’s capital. The trucks were loaded with medical supplies and equipment, generators, air conditioning units, tents, food and water.

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