RSAF Chinooks Arrive for Hurricane Harvey Relief Operations

The four Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) CH-47 Chinooks from the Peace Prairie detachment in Grand Prairie, Texas arrived on site on 31 Aug 2017 at 6:50am (Singapore Time) to assist in the Texas Army National Guard's Hurricane Harvey disaster relief operations. The RSAF Chinooks will contribute to the relief efforts by transporting evacuees, as well as deliver equipment and supplies. A total of 34 RSAF personnel from the Peace Prairie detachment, comprising pilots, aircrew and engineers, have been deployed for this mission. This effort follows the acceptance of Singapore's offer of assistance by the United States President Donald Trump.

The RSAF's Peace Prairie detachment has worked together with the Texas Army National Guard in the past, including relief operations after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, fire-fighting and flood relief operations in Texas in 2000, and Hurricane Floyd relief operations in North Carolina in 1999.

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