U.S. Team Directs Traffic in Crowded Skies

Sir-
I thought you would want to see this article in the Wall Street Journal soonest; it details the work of AFSOC Combat Controllers in directing air traffic in Haiti. CMSgt Ty Foster from my office is deployed to Haiti and facilitated the story. Mr Phillips is planning other stories about our deployed team in the days ahead.


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—A Federal Express 727 and a giant U.S. Air Force cargo jet from Washington state were at an impasse on the taxiway, one trying to reach a parking spot while the other headed for the runway. U.S. Navy and Canadian rescue helicopters swarmed overhead. A Bolivian DC-10 had just landed, as had former President Bill Clinton in a red-white-and-blue Boeing 757.

But U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Don Travo's immediate problem on Monday afternoon was finding a place for a C-130 on final approach. "I can't get him in," Sgt. Travo shouted, before ordering the plane to swerve from its flight path and turn tight circles over Port-au-Prince until told otherwise.

Link should take you to article:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704541004575011403710933576.html