157th prepares to deploy to Haiti

Senior Master Sergeant Darrell Whitney of the 260th Air Traffic Control Squadron records weights of cargo to be airlifted to Haiti. The cargo is being prepared for deployment to Haiti along with the unit’s mobile control tower and about 12 personnel in support of relief efforts after the recent earthquake.

Operation Unified Response

Airman First Class Devon Carroll of the 260th Air Traffic Control Squadron begins installation of external fuel tank mounts on a MEP805 Generator. The generator is being prepared for deployment to Haiti along with the units mobile control tower and about 12 personnel in support of relief efforts after the recent earthquake.

NH Guardsmen To Support Haiti Relief Efforts

Published Jan. 21, 2010
By Lt. Sherri Pierce
157 ARW Public Affairs

Pease Air National Guard Base -- Twelve airmen from the N.H. Air National Guard's 260th Air Traffic Control Squadron are deploying to Haiti tomorrow in support of Operation Unified Response.

The group will relieve military air traffic controller teams currently operating at Port-au-Prince International Airport. They will serve for a period of 90 to 180 days.

The airmen will be joined by air traffic control specialists from other ATC units nationwide to include Mississippi, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.

For more information, please contact 1st Lt. Sherri Pierce, 157th ARW Public Affairs Officer, 603-430-3461 or sherri.pierce@ang.af.mil