Reply #488: OK, they're not yours, but they are WRONG...my sources are actually THERE

[PacerLJ35]

Laugh if you want to, but these guys are actually bringing aid into the country. I would be there myself if I wasn't in the middle of an upgrade training program. BTW, you can find multiple sources online to verify the C-17 drop payload as well.

AP- getting info second or third hand.

Eric B.- C-130 aircraft commander, has flown several flights to Haiti. Hmmm, I'll go with Eric and the other people I know flying in and out of Haiti.

According to the USAF site, US aircraft have delivered 2,250 tons of cargo. Some of this cargo is equipment (generators, lights, loading equipment, etc) and some of it is direct aid.

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123186602

Just today, another C-17 dropped 70,000 lbs of food and water...they've been doing about one drop a day now for the past several days, and C-130s may start doing drops too.