37 Countries and Counting
JSDF Arrives in Manila
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A Boeing KC 767-200ER Japanese Self Defense Force Plane (87-3601) landed at 4:40 pm in Manila Airport today bringing another 40 Self-Defense Forces emergency relief team (JDR) to help in rescue and relief operations for victims of typhoon Yolanda.
A team of 25 people, mainly medical workers, left for Tacloban on
Monday. The JSDF members are expected to conduct mostly medical
assistance in the Philippines.
IAF arrives Mactan Cebu
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| Indonesian Air Force members unload boxes of relief aid inside a Hercules C-130
plane from Halim Perdana Kusumah Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia to Mactan Cebu International Airport this afternoon (EPA) |
RMAF Also arrives in Mactan
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| Royal Malaysian Air Force send aid on board two C-130aircraft from Subang, Malaysia |
Taiwan helps Too!
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| Two ROC C-130 planes carrying 15 tons of relief goods and nongovernmental organizations
personnel landed at Mactan Cebu International airport this afternoon from an air force base in
northern Taiwan’s Hsinchu for international relief mission. Ministry of National Defense spokesman Luo Shou-he said Further logistic assistance will
be provided to the Philippines if necessary. Its Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anna Kao said the ROC government has donated US$200,000for the relief efforts. |
RAAF C-17's to provide logistics operations
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| Australia
donated 10 million US dollars worth of aid and brings Royal Australian
Air Force (RAAF) C-17A Globemaster and a C-130J Hercules to the
Philippines transporting Australian Medical Assistance Team (AusMat)
from Darwin. Defence Senator David Johnston said the
two heavy lift aircraft carried the civilian medical team and 22 tonnes
of associated equipment to Mactan Airport in Cebu and will provide
logistic support assistance via RAAF Mobile Air Load Team (MALT), an
Aircraft Security Operations Team and Aeromedical Evacuation
specialists. Johnson said these personnel will be responsible for
enabling the delivery of the medical specialists and their equipment to
Tacloban. |
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German Contingent at Mactan
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| Helpers of the Federal Agency for Technical Relief prepare the equipment
of the service for the further transport into the catastrophe area in
the Philippines in Cebu, Philippines, 15 November 2013. Photo by:
Kai-Uwe Wärner/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Image |
UK Response
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| United Kingdom's Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening and
Station Commander Steve Lushington look at emergency supplies including
JCB diggers and Land Rovers loaded on board RAF C-17 transport plane at
Brize Norton in Oxfordshire before the supplies head to Cebu in the
Philippines to help aid the relief effort following the devastation
caused by Typhoon Haiyan. Picture date: Friday November 15, 2013. See PA
story WEATHER Typhoon. Photo credit should read: Chris Ison/PA Wire
URN:18211381 (Press Association via AP Images) |
The UK has also dispatched a C-17 to the Philippines, while New Zealand
has dispatched a C-130 from Whenuapai Airbase, Auckland, New Zealand
Canada's DART in charge of Panay Island
Canada dispatched a Bombardier CC-144 Challenger jet with an advanced
assessment team comprising the Department of National Defence and
Canadian air force personnel. It was followed by two Boeing C-17
aircraft carrying 200 of the country's disaster assistance response team
(DART).
Israeli Defense Force
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) left for the Philippines Tuesday with
150 medical and trauma personnel and 10 tons of relief goods onto a
6,000-mile El Al Airlines flight to Cebu. They took charge of Bogo town
and set up a remote hospital in the northernmost part of Cebu that was
hardly hit by the typhoon. The chosen soldiers include doctors, nurses,
paramedics, X-ray and laboratory specialists, and search-and-rescue
personnel.
South Korean Delivers Aid
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| South
Korea sent two military C-130 cargo planes loaded with relief goods as
it leaves Thursday, November 14 for Tacloban airport in central
Philippines for victims of Typhoon Haiyan. |
The Unites States Armada Takes Guiuan
The Philippine government has opened Guiuan to the United States of
American as relief base supported by George Washington carrier fleet. In
a statement, the US Defence department said that five KC-130 and four
Bell Boeing MV-22 Ospreys operated by the US marines have delivered
107,000lb of relief supplies to the Philippines Wednesday. By Friday two
more KC-130 will be added for logistics operations for a total of seven
KC-130.
Four more additional MV-22B Ospreys have been deployed Friday from
Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, to support Operation Damayan, a
humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operation in the
Philippines. The additional Ospreys, which bring the total to eight for
this deployment, will assist the U.S. Marines and sailors from the 3rd
Marine Expeditionary Force’s 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade who
already had deployed to Leyte Province. There are 400 US troops helping
in the relief effort and 1000 more are coming by weekend.
The USA was the leading provider of airlift capability. In a statement,
the US defence department said that five KC-130 and four Bell Boeing
MV-22 Ospreys operated by the US marines have delivered 107,000lb of
relief supplies to the Philippines Wednesday. Four
additional MV-22B Ospreys have deployed from Marine Corps Air Station
Futenma, Japan, to support Operation Damayan, a humanitarian assistance
and disaster relief operation in the Philippines following Typhoon
Haiyan.
