Airmen and marines banded together at the former Clark Air Base in the Philippines to load supplies aboard aircraft to aid survivors of the Feb. 17 massive mudslides that engulfed an entire village on the island of Leyte. More than 40,000 pounds of supplies have been airlifted into Taclabon Airfield on Leyte. Airmen of the 36th Contingency Response Group from Andersen AFB, Guam, helped establish airfield operations.
A three-month continuing resolution that ended in December inflicted less pain on the Department of the Air Force than it had expected, as procurement and construction continue in the new year. The federal government operated under a stopgap spending measure that stretched from the beginning of the fiscal year on…