A C-17 on Tuesday night transported 31 very pregnant women from Keesler to Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland AFB, Tex. A short time later, a C-130 delivered 25 other patients who had been hospitalized in the Keesler Medical Center, which like much of the base was flooded and without power.
Clearing jungle and laying asphalt in tropical heat may not sound like fun to most people, but it’s a way of life for Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE) Airmen, who have spent the past year or so restoring World War II-era airfields on the Pacific…