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Airmen from the 60th Aerial Port Squadron listen to a safety briefing from a 517th Airlift Squadron loadmaster onboard a C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, at Travis Air Force Base, California, Nov. 5, 2018. The Airmen and the aircraft staircases and cargo they assisted in loading and securing are headed to Saipan International Airport in the Pacific, as part of a multinational joint relief operation supporting populations affected by Super Typhoon Yutu. Service members from Joint Region Marianas and Indo-Pacific Command are providing Department of Defense support to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' civil and local officials as part of the FEMA-supported Typhoon Yutu recovery efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lan Kim)

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Airmen from the 60th Aerial Port Squadron secure aircraft staircases and cargo onto a 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, at Travis Air Force Base, California, Nov. 5, 2018. A group of 60th APS Airmen and equipment are headed to Saipan International Airport in the Pacific, as part of a multinational joint relief operation supporting populations affected by Super Typhoon Yutu. Service members from Joint Region Marianas and Indo-Pacific Command are providing Department of Defense support to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' civil and local officials as part of the FEMA-supported Typhoon Yutu recovery efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lan Kim)

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Senior Airman Xavier Clark, 60th Aerial Port Squadron, waits to secure aircraft staircases and cargo onto a 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, at Travis Air Force Base, California, Nov. 5, 2018. A group of 60th APS Airmen and equipment are headed to Saipan International Airport in the Pacific, as part of a multinational joint relief operation supporting populations affected by Super Typhoon Yutu. Service members from Joint Region Marianas and Indo-Pacific Command are providing Department of Defense support to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' civil and local officials as part of the FEMA-supported Typhoon Yutu recovery efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lan Kim)

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Airmen from the 60th Aerial Port Squadron load and secure aircraft staircases and cargo onto a 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, at Travis Air Force Base, California, Nov. 5, 2018. A group of 60th APS Airmen and equipment are headed to Saipan International Airport in the Pacific, as part of a multinational joint relief operation supporting populations affected by Super Typhoon Yutu. Service members from Joint Region Marianas and Indo-Pacific Command are providing Department of Defense support to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' civil and local officials as part of the FEMA-supported Typhoon Yutu recovery efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lan Kim)

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Airmen from the 60th Aerial Port Squadron discuss a plan for loading and securing aircraft staircases and cargo onto a 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, at Travis Air Force Base, California, Nov. 5, 2018. A group of 60th APS Airmen and equipment are headed to Saipan International Airport in the Pacific, as part of a multinational joint relief operation supporting populations affected by Super Typhoon Yutu. Service members from Joint Region Marianas and Indo-Pacific Command are providing Department of Defense support to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' civil and local officials as part of the FEMA-supported Typhoon Yutu recovery efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lan Kim)

Port Dawgs support Super Typhoon Yutu relief efforts

Published Nov. 7, 2018
By Lan Kim
60th AMW/PA

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airmen from the 60th Aerial Port Squadron listen to a safety briefing from a 517th Airlift Squadron loadmaster onboard a C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, at Travis Air Force Base, California, Nov. 5, 2018. The Airmen and the aircraft staircases and cargo they assisted in loading and securing are headed to Saipan International Airport in the Pacific, as part of a multinational joint relief operation supporting populations affected by Super Typhoon Yutu. Service members from Joint Region Marianas and Indo-Pacific Command are providing Department of Defense support to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' civil and local officials as part of the FEMA-supported Typhoon Yutu recovery efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lan Kim)