Weather training for the U.S. Air Force is being sped up with new segmented (“blended”) courses using internet, computers and in-house classes.
Videos
Harvey: Georgia Militia deploys C-130H!
Georgia National Guard’s 165th Airlift Wing took-off for Texas, 29 AUG 2017:
Harvey: video Rockport aftermath & more Texas Militia disaster ops!
Rockport aftermath part 1, in this long video note how few ground vehicles are on the roads:
Victoria, Texas, 26 AUG 2017
Texas Guard boat rescue ops:
Rockport aftermath part 2:
Harvey blows away National Guard armory street sign in Victoria, 26 AUG 2017
Video, night rescue ops:
Harvey: Dramatic Border Patrol rescue vids!
Clearing fallen trees in Rockport
Even snakes are trying to get outta Rockport
28 AUG 2017, Houston area
Saving ‘mans best friend’
Video, part 1 of Border Patrol UH-60 BlackHawk crew rescue of people caught in flood:
Part 2:
Video, Border Patrol BlackHawk hoist rescues:
Harvey: Arkansas, Oregon & South Carolina Militias deploy!
Arkansas National Guard’s 189th Airlift Wing C-130H Hercules picked up Oregon National Guard’s 125th Special Tactic Squadron and 304th Rescue Squadron personnel, heading for Texas.
Video, Oregon National Guard’s 125th Special Tactics Squadron deployed 29 AUG 2017:
Video, South Carolina National Guard’s Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (HART) deployed for Texas:
Harvey: Speak Vietnamese? More Coast Guard deployments & rescues!
“Whatever we need to do….”-Chief Warrant Officer Michael Tomasi, Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray
Dramatic video of helicopter rescue from victim’s point of view:
Wheel chair rescue vid:
Video explainer of the mission of Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray:
Video of Coast Guard rescue coordination involving Vietnamese translation, the phone call resulted in a safe rescue of all four people aboard a 42-foot sinking vessel near Aransas Pass:
HARVEY: U.S. COAST GUARD DEPLOYS MORE PERSONNEL TO TEXAS!
Harvey: Alaska & California Militias deploy to Texas!
“After supporting fire suppression operations here in California and recently participating in a large scale exercise in Alaska, the 129th is ready to deploy its life-saving capabilities to another region of the country.”-Colonel Daniel Lapostole, 129th Rescue Wing vice commander
Alaska National Guard’s 249th Airlift Squadron and the 212th Rescue Squadron deployed to join rescue ops in Texas. Also, the Alaska National Guard will link up with California National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing en route to Texas. California’s 129th Rescue Wing will deploy two helicopters and a MC-130P Hercules Combat Shadow.
Video of load-up and take-off of C-17, from Alaska to Texas, 28 AUG 2017:
Video of Alaska link-up with California National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing at Channel Island Air National Guard Station:
Video, how to stuff a California PaveHawk into an Alaskan Globemaster:
HARVEY: KENTUCKY MILITIA DEPLOYS TO TEXAS!
Harvey: U.S. Boarder Patrol joins rescue ops!
Video U.S. Border Patrol UH-60 Blackhawk rescue op, 28 AUG 2017:
Video of U.S. Border Patrol agents from Del Rio Sector, Texas, prepping boats for rescue ops:
Harvey: More Texas Militia rescues, Generals give praise!
“This is a devastating event, one that we have not seen before……”-General Joseph Lengyel, National Guard Bureau
“Lets keep our emotions low and our efforts high.”-Major General John Nichols, Texas National Guard
Video of ongoing rescues by state-run Texas National Guard:
Video shout out from Generals to National Guard personnel:
More video of Texas National Guard rescue ops:
The entire Texas National Guard is activated, 12-thousand personnel, 28 AUG 2017
HARVEY: TEXAS MILITIA PREPS MORE RESCUE BOATS!
Harvey: What’s a DropSonde?
U.S. Air Force photo Staff Sergeant Heather Heiney, 24AUG2017.
Video explainer of what a storm tracking dropsonde is:
Loading a dropsonde cannon. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Heather Heiney, 24AUG2017.
In May, the USAF 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron ‘Hurricane Hunters’ took part in the 2017 Hurricane Awareness Tour, which was meant to increase the public’s awareness of hurricane threats.
USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Ryan Labadens, 08MAY2017.
More video & pics: WC-130J SUPER HERCULES TRACKS HURRICANE HARVEY