AMC aircraft, people continue hurricane relief efforts Published Sept. 7, 2005 By Tech. Sgt. Mark Diamond Air Mobility Command Public Affairs SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFPN) -- In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Air Mobility Command has moved thousands of military support people, civilian emergency responders and evacuees, and has delivered tons of emergency equipment and supplies supporting relief operations.To handle the increased air mobility operations into and out of the hurricane relief area, AMC has deployed three contingency response group elements to the region, each tailored to meet the needs of air mobility operations at several airfields in the Southern United States.CRGs are able to rapidly assess, open and sustain air mobility operations.Forty-six Airmen from the 615th Contingency Response Wing at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., are positioned at Keesler AFB, Miss.; 29 Airmen from the 621st CRW at McGuire AFB, N.J., are on the ground at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport; and an Air National Guard CRG element is working air mobility operations in Gulfport, Miss.Besides moving cargo, emergency responders and evacuees, AMC had moved more than 2,552 patients as of Sept. 5.AMC aeromedical evacuation crews are moving patients to locations established at cities and bases throughout the United States, including Dallas; Louisville, Ky.; Lackland AFB, Texas; Houston; Tampa, Fla.; Birmingham, Ala.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Atlanta.To handle the large number of hurricane victims, an 80-person expeditionary medical support team from the 375th Medical Group here deployed to support medical operations at the airport in New Orleans. They joined units with the 89th Medical Group from Andrews AFB, Md., and the 6th MDG at MacDill AFB, Fla., to make up the Air Forces’ medical rapid response force. The response force’s mission is to establish an expeditionary medical system capability, providing rapid response, resuscitative surgery and emergency medical support personnel.Additionally, AMC deployed two critical care air transport teams to support medical operations in San Antonio. Also, an AMC mental health rapid response team and a dental team, both from Scott, deployed to New Orleans supporting hurricane relief operations.Airmen from every base within the command have supported the relief effort in one way or another, AMC officials said. (Courtesy of AMC News Service)