Airmen deploy to support relief operations
Approximately 100 Airmen and three MC-130P Combat Shadows from the 353rd Special Operations Group deployed to Yokota Air Base March 12 to support humanitarian relief operations after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific Ocean off the coast of northeastern Japan March 11.
The 188th Fighter Wing of the Arkansas Air National Guard, headquartered in Fort Smith, has deployed 275 airmen to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.