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Coordinators Work to Facilitate Relief Flights

By Judith Snyderman Special to American Forces Press Service
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2010 – U.S. military officials are working across organizational boundaries in a concerted effort to keep supplies and people flowing into Haiti's main airport, Air Force officers said yesterday.

"Port-au-Prince is the center of gravity for the relief effort currently in Haiti,” said Lt. Col. Brad Graff of the 601st Air and Space Operations Center at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., during a “DoDLive” bloggers roundtable. “If something happens to that airfield, we are in trouble to get supplies there until the sea pods are open."

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