unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) (08/14/89)
DOD: ASSISTANCE FOR MISSING CONGRESSMAN LELAND
The Department of Defense is assisting in the search for Congressman
"Mickey" Leland and his party who were reported missing Monday when his
twin-engined, chartered Otter aircraft failed to return to Addis Ababa.
DoD has provided the following:
- One C-141 aircraft
- 35-person medical team
- Three-person UHF tactical satellite communication support team
- One person to provide limited mobile weather assessment capability
- A link-up to the U.S. Air Force Global Weather Satellite System
- Two search and rescue planners
The C-141 is assigned to the 438th Military Airlift Wing, McGuire
AFB, N.J. It departed Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, at 5:42 a.m. EDT today
and is scheduled to arrive in Addis Ababa at approximately 4:30 p.m. EDT.
Additional support to be provided includes two United Kingdom-based
HC-130 aircraft with search and rescue capability, two pararescue teams, and
a C-141 carrying spare parts and other support items. MH-60 helicopters
will be deployed aboard C-5 aircraft from Eglin AFB, Fla. Also, the
Government of Ethiopia will permit a U-2 to overfly the search area to
take reconnaissance photographs.
Officials are considering deploying additional U.S. Army UH-60 heli-
copters from Europe to assist in the search. They also would be transported
aboard a C-5 aircraft. An aircraft accident investigation team is on
call to assist the Government of Ethiopia if requested.
Most of the personnel and assets being provided are from the U.S.
European Command. While in Ethiopia, all participating U.S. forces are
under the operational control of the U.S. Central Command.
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