Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:pn782802n9a@drn.newsguy.com:
> This pretty much lays out the business case for the An-225 and it
> serves as a stark reminder of why this singular aircraft's abilities
> are still highly valued. But one has to wonder about the U.S.
> military's role in all this. Were there really no C-17s and C-5s
> available to help out here? Were they really tasked on more important
> missions than one as critical as this?
>
Indeed.
When the 2004 Tsunami hit Indonesia the US navy
mounted a huge response, with a whole fleet of ships
and C 5's and C 17's bringing in trucklods of supplies
and relief workers. Not to mention the hospital ship
Mercy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unified_Assistance
By contrast when Puerto Rico was hit last year
and Hawaii just this year there was nothing like
that response.
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