Flying Magazine reports, “The Texas Military Department has deployed unmanned aerial systems (UAVs) to assist in search and rescue efforts following severe flooding in Kerr County and surrounding regions. The floods have caused significant damage and prompted widespread evacuations as emergency teams continue operations across affected areas. In a statement delivered during a press briefing on Sunday, Major General Thomas Suelzer, who serves as the adjutant general of Texas, detailed the deployment of an MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft.”
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Amazon Delivers Emergency Supplies to Typhoon-Devastated Western Alaska
Flying Magazine reports, “You can get pretty much anything from Amazon, and the residents of the villages in western Alaska devastated by the recent typhoon pretty much need everything. So it makes sense that the Amazon Disaster Relief recently coordinated its first disaster response flight to the Last Frontier, bringing thousands of pounds of emergency supplies via Amazon Air to the Red Cross in Anchorage. The first shipment arrived on Sunday, October 19.”
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