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U.S. Delivers Aid to Pakistan

U.S. service members are providing critical support to humanitarian efforts in Pakistan in response to catastrophic flooding that has displaced millions of people.

Service members push a pallet of boxes onto an aircraft.
Critical Cargo
U.S. military personnel assigned to U.S. Central Command load critical supplies at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, to support a U.S. Agency for International Development-led humanitarian mission in Pakistan, Sept. 11, 2022.
Photo By: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Isaac D. Garden
VIRIN: 220911-F-AQ171-1124R
A service member stands atop a pallet contain boxes as others work to unpack other pallets outside.
Pakistan Unpacking
U.S. military personnel assigned to U.S. Central Command unpack critical supplies at Sukkur Airport, Pakistan, Sept. 10, 2022 in support of a U.S. Agency for International Development-led humanitarian mission.
Photo By: Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Plew
VIRIN: 220910-F-QP712-1217

U.S. Central Command flights had delivered more than 400 metric tons of relief supplies as of Sept. 12 from the U.S. Agency for International Development's warehouse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to meet the immediate needs of people affected by the floods.

Centcom Airlift Support
A person looks over pallets packed inside a cargo plane.
Supplies for Delivery
Critical supplies sit aboard an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, to support a U.S. Agency for International Development-led humanitarian mission in Pakistan, Sept. 11, 2022.
Photo By: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Isaac D. Garden
VIRIN: 220911-F-AQ171-1105R
41,220  Kitchen sets
1,500  Rolls of plastic sheeting
35,000 Plastic tarps
8,700  Shelter-fixing kits

The supplies Centcom delivers are expected to help more than 300,000 people with shelter and household needs. 

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