Support to humanitarian operations a constant in USTRANSCOM's history
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Intense world interest in humanitarian operations in Afghanistan highlighted relief operations. Many other operations during the history of the command have not received as much direct attention.
"We're really proud of what we've been able to do in humanitarian (relief)," said Air Force Maj. Gen. William Welser III, USTRANSCOM's director of operations and logistics. "Each and every day, whether at peace or war, we pride ourselves on saving lives."
In operations in Afghanistan, the command provided lift for more than 2.5 million humanitarian daily rations delivered during night missions fraught with danger from hostile forces. Highly successful food delivery to the people of Afghanistan undoubtedly resulted in avoiding what would have been starvation on a massive scale.
"On the 7th of October when we dropped our first bombs, we were also doing our first airdrops of food to the Afghan people," said Welser.
Throughout its history, humanitarian relief operations have been a staple of USTRANSCOM operations. The following examples provide a partial glimpse into USTRANSCOM humanitarian support.
· Jan.-Feb. 2001. USTRANSCOM assets responded to the aftermath of a 7.7 Richter-scale earthquake in India. Ultimately, airlift missions carried 155 tons of humanitarian supplies and equipment to the region most affected by the disaster.
· Jan.-March 2000. Following major flooding in the African nation of Mozambique, U.S. and other nations acting through Operation Atlas Response provided extensive humanitarian relief to the region. Relief materials included water, food, and shelter material, in addition to numerous relief workers.
· Dec. 1999. Following landslides of mud and rock in Venezuela USTRANSCOM assisted JTF Fundamental Response with eight deployment and eight redeployment airlift mission moving 110 passengers and more than 320 tons of cargo into the area for humanitarian assistance.
· Aug.-Sept. 1999. The command quickly responded with relief assistance following a major earthquake in Turkey. AMC lifted rescue teams, 56,000 pounds of emergency equipment and vehicles to assist in the effort.
· Sept. 1999. USTRANSCOM provided the planning and airlift of an urban search and rescue team following a major earthquake in Taiwan.
· Feb. 1999-Present. U.S. and allied participants in Operation Allied Force moved more than 32,000 passengers, 52,000 tons of cargo to support combat and humanitarian operations for the people of Kosovo. Air Mobility Command KC-135s also flew more than 9,000 refueling missions in support of operations. Support to Kosovo continues through Operation Joint Guardian.
· For Kosovo, the major humanitarian effort was Operation Shining Hope in Apr-Jun 99. This urgent airlift provided millions of meals, tents and cots for approximately 850,000 Albanian Kosovars expelled from their homes by Serbian forces. The establishment of refugee camps in Albania and Macedonia prevented starvation and chaos among Kosovar refugees which could have undermined NATO's successful air campaign against Serbian "ethnic cleansing," Operation Allied Force. Shining Hope amounted to 87 airlift missions and 5,400 short tons.
· Nov. 1998-Mar. 1999: After Hurricane Mitch killed 10,000 people and left 2 million homeless in the Central American countries of Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize, USTRANSCOM launched a massive relief effort. Some 340 airlift missions delivered 6,000 passengers and 4,500 tons of aid. The command made a vital contribution by deploying just over 23,500 tons in the largest sealift between Desert Storm and Allied Force. MSC ships redeployed over 27,500 tons.
· Sept. 1996. In Operation Pacific Haven, USTRANSCOM provided transport for the evacuation of more than 2,500 Kurds from Northern Iraq to Guam for humanitarian assistance.
· Dec. 1995-Present. Support to the people of Bosnia, spanning Operations Joint Endeavor, Joint Guard, and Joint Forge continues using airlift, sealift and overland support operations. Within the context of assistance to Bosnia, Operation Provide Promise was the U.S. portion of the U.N. humanitarian airlift to Bosnia. The largest and longest Air Force humanitarian airlift, Provide Promise included 4,550 sorties and delivered 62,800 metric tons. The entire effort by 21 nations was responsible for 95 percent of all humanitarian aid to Sarajevo, Bosnia over three and a half years of a deadly civil war that killed some 200,000 people and left some 2 million homeless.
· July-Sept. 1994. Operation Support Hope, a mission to assist Rwandan refugees in central Africa, required 871 missions, transporting more than 8,136 passengers, and more than 16,000 tons of cargo of humanitarian assistance. Nearly 400 KC-135 missions air refueled C-5s and C-141s in support of humanitarian operations.
· Dec. 1992-Jan. 1994. In providing humanitarian relief to the starving people of Somalia, elements of the command provided more than 40,000 airlift tons of cargo, lifted more than 48,000 passengers, and conducted more than 1,100 air-refueling missions. The command also provided sealift of more than 44,000 measurement tons of cargo in support of operations. Operation Provide Relief Aug 92-Feb 93: In the USAF portion of an international effort, AMC C-130s flew over 3,000 C-130 intra-theater relief airlift missions from Kenya to Somalia and delivered 34,000 tons of food, medicine and other supplies to counter starvation in that strife torn nation. AMC C-141s and C-5s supported Provide Relief with close to 100 strategic airlift missions.
· May-June 1991. During Operation Sea Angel, the command provided humanitarian lift of over 730 passengers and 830 short tons of cargo to assist the government of Bangladesh following cyclone damage.
· April-Sept. 1991. In the humanitarian portion of Operation Provide Comfort, the command provided support for assistance to Kurd refugees in northern Iraq following the Gulf War. Command air assets moved more than 14,000 passengers and 29,000 tons of cargo. The command also moved 34 passengers and more than 67,000 metric tons by surface assets.
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