Late Friday, a 445th C-17 was set to depart Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas for Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Harris said. On Saturday, another unit C-17 is set to fly from a departure location not immediately known to Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle, she said. The aircraft will transport the cargo to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.
Additional information on the cargo was not immediately available. Two other Wright-Patterson-based C-17s were on stand by, Harris said.
Last Thursday, a C-17 crew picked up 26 workers from the utility company Southern California Edison and five vehicles for a flight from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to Stewart Air National Guard Base.
The 445th Airlift Wing has nine C-17 jets and about 2,000 reservists based at Wright-Patterson.
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