Coalition Forces, Kirkuk officials partner to care for bombing victims

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq – Staff Sgt. Jesus Aguilar, 506th Expeditionary Logistics Squadron Aerial Port Squadron ramp commander, pushes one of five cargo pallets loaded with relief supplies on to a 60K loader from a Turkish C-130 here June 22. Sergeant Aguilar was one of almost 20 ELRS Airmen involved in the download of 12 tons of supplies including 90 blankets, 400 tents, kitchen equipment, food and more. ELRS aerial porters also helped reconfigure the airplane to carry the 11 patients, who were victims of a June 20 suicide truck bombing in Taza District south of Kirkuk city. More than 80 people were killed and 250 injured in the blast. Sergeant Aguilar is a native of Riverside, Calif., and is deployed here from the 50th Aerial Port Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Master Sgt. Michael Land)

Coalition Forces, Kirkuk officials partner to care for bombing victims

Published July 16, 2009
By Senior Master Sgt. Michael Land
KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq

MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, CALIF. -- Staff Sgt. Jesus Aguilar, 506th Expeditionary Logistics Squadron Aerial Port Squadron ramp commander, pushes one of five cargo pallets loaded with relief supplies on to a 60K loader from a Turkish C-130 here June 22. Sergeant Aguilar was one of almost 20 ELRS Airmen involved in the download of 12 tons of supplies including 90 blankets, 400 tents, kitchen equipment, food and more. ELRS aerial porters also helped reconfigure the airplane to carry the 11 patients, who were victims of a June 20 suicide truck bombing in Taza District south of Kirkuk city. More than 80 people were killed and 250 injured in the blast. Sergeant Aguilar is a native of Riverside, Calif., and is deployed here from the 50th Aerial Port Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Master Sgt. Michael Land)