Transferring bags to the helicopter 1

They have to be taken off the palette and re-stacked inside the aircraft. One palette weighs 1250 kg (25 kg bags, five bags per tier, 10 tiers per palette).

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Haiti relief

September 21st 2008
The Kearsarge provided a HUGE amount of assistance in Haiti, with the helicopters lifting more tons of food, water, and relief supplies than I can even imagine. We left there to go to Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba to get supplies and fuel (try to imagine this: we took on 750,000 gallons of fuel for the ship and another 250,000 gallons for the helicopters!). But we left 3 helicopters, work ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Haiti

The native Arawak Amerindians - who inhabited the island of Hispaniola when it was discovered by Columbus in 1492 - were virtually annihilated by Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the early 17th century, the French established a presence on Hispan... ... read more

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