The electrician

New Jersey Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Carl Hilpl is standing with the rest of the electric crew in the parking lot of the Ocean County Medical Center in Brick, N.J.The temperature has fallen to 33 degrees and the rain is turning to snow. Nor'easter Athena will soon be dumping snow, rain, high

From coast to coast, the Contingency Response Wing answers Sandy's call

The mobility Airmen in the 621st Contingency Response Wing are no strangers to the chaos of a disaster area, nor the destruction of a flood; it is the siren song of their role as Air Mobility Command's 9-1-1 force.But when Hurricane Sandy came to the New Jersey Shore Oct. 29, it brought that peril

JB MDL hosts engineers clearing flood waters

A team of nearly 50 Air Force civil engineers from duty locations across the country pulled together to form the 331st Air Expeditionary Group this week, to pump flood waters affecting New York coastal communities following Hurricane Sandy. The 331st AEG assembled here Saturday, with engineers from

Mobility Airmen blanket East Coast with Hurricane Sandy relief supplies

Air Mobility Command Airmen forged a bridge between the West and East Coasts during the early morning hours Nov. 6 to distribute blankets that would make their way to Hurricane Sandy victims.The 7,800 blankets began their journey at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where they were loaded onto a C-17

87th CS re-engages radar