Humanitarian cargo, there's an APS for that

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  • By Staff Sgt. Trevor Saylor
  • 934th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The 27 Aerial Port Squadron delivers cargo all around the world for a variety of missions, including humanitarian cargo. The humanitarian cargo consists of 88,000 pounds of dried food, providing 570,240 meals for people in need. A total of 80 wooden skids were inspected by the Aerial Port and loaded on 16 463L pallets then loaded onto an aircraft to final destination.

The pallets of food were donated by Feed My Starving Children, and delivered by a KC-10 based out of McGuire AFB, NJ. The beneficiaries of this cargo are 2,400 adults and more than 26,000 children in orphanages, schools, and hospitals in the city of Jalalabad, as well as other regions in Afghanistan. The food is designed to be easy to prepare, and provides instant relief to populations in desperate need of assistance.
Since 1993, the 934th Airlift Wing has assisted in the donation over 6.7 million pounds of food, clothing, medical supplies, and educational supplies via the

Denton program to locations around the world. Chief Master Sgt. Richard Hiney, of the 27th Aerial Port Squadron, said, “Being a part of providing this kind of assistance is really important to all of us here at the Aerial Port. It helps us keep up our skills, and does some good along the way; it’s a win-win.”
The Denton Program provides transportation for approved humanitarian assistance commodities destined for approved countries. Approved countries include those that are supported by Department of Defense transportation services, and where civil systems, local infrastructure and the supply chain will support immediate onward distribution of the commodities.