Kentucky National Guard sends 60 airmen to Senegal to help fight Ebola

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Source: Lexington Herald Leader

By Justin Madden
October 2, 2014

The Kentucky National Guard is sending 60 airmen to Senegal to help fight Ebola.

The airmen will establish a cargo-processing hub in support of Operation United Assistance, the international effort to battle Ebola in West Africa, according to a news release.

The airmen, assigned to the Louisville-based 123rd Contingency Response Group, which acts as an early responder in the event of a national emergency, departed Thursday afternoon. They took equipment to establish a hub at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar for accepting large quantities of cargo arriving on C-17 and C-5 aircraft, processing the material for staging, and loading the cargo onto smaller aircraft for distribution.

An advance team of eight Kentucky Air Guardsmen and one active-duty airman arrived in Senegal on Sunday to assess the airfield. The airmen will remain in West Africa as long as needed, the release said.



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[stevenleser]

1. Excellent. nt

[uppityperson]

2. Good, thank you Kentucky. tome

[quadrature]

3. KNGers being accused of spreading Ebola

remember that you read it first
on DU

[Marrah_G]

4. Nice- I am sure they will help more then any of us know!

People like this are the unsung heroes. They get life saving supplies to the people who need them!