Tsunami (continued)

Links to some aviation items that relate to the tsunami:

News:

Tsunami relief airlifts based at Stewart Jan 4 - Two crews from the 105th Airlift Wing of the Air National Guard -- based at Stewart Air Base -- have arrived in Asia. They will use their massive C-5 Galaxy cargo jet to ferry much-needed Black Hawk helicopters to the area from Japan. The C-5 Galaxy is the military's largest aircraft, capable of carrying up to 270,000 pounds. Its cargo bay is big enough to fit several tanks or helicopters...

Japan readies military for Asia tsunami relief Jan 4 - Japan has ordered its military to prepare to assist disaster relief efforts in Indonesia, which was ravaged by the Indian Ocean tsunami, in what could be its largest such dispatch ever, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday...

UNHCR's emergency airlift ongoing, supplies arriving Jan 4 - As flights from UNHCR's emergency airlift, loaded with shelter and relief supplies for the tsunami-struck Indonesian province of Aceh start arriving in Jakarta, a UN assessment mission is set to explore the remote western Aceh coast where the refugee agency plans to target its assistance...