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The Denton Amendment, also known as the Denton Cargo Program, [1] is a United States government humanitarian program launched in 1987 that allows for space available on military aircraft to be used to carry humanitarian aid supplies to countries in need and for disaster relief.
The Denton Humanitarian Assistance Program authorizes the military to perform humanitarian shipment on behalf of private organizations. [ 5 ] Each box dropped from a C-130 aircraft weighs nearly 400 pounds (180 kg) and contains items such as fishing nets, construction materials, powdered milk, canned goods, rice, coolers, clothing, shoes, toys ...
Flying C-17 military cargo planes with 80 people can cost around $3,919 per person to Guatemala from El Paso, according to an analysis by the El Paso Times using flight tracking software data.
Members of the 315th and 437th Airlift Wings, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., participated in the International Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France, 18 June 2009. An F-15 Eagle from the 60th Fighter Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., escorts a C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., as they fly over the USS Yorktown and the Arthur J. Ravenel Jr ...
The stalling of the U.N. cargo program in Mexico is part of a broader pause on U.S.-funded anti-narcotics efforts in Mexico as a result of the global freeze of foreign aid that Trump ordered on ...
On the eve of their first major vote to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda, key House Republicans are warning Speaker Mike Johnson that they won’t simply rubber-stamp steep cuts across ...
After the conclusion of the COTS program, NASA shifted towards fixed-price contracts for crew and cargo services. While the approach has significantly lowered costs for NASA, companies other than SpaceX have struggled under the fixed-price system, with some refusing to bid and others experiencing large losses on contracts.
Across the world in South Sudan, a program treating severely malnourished children under age 5 has halted. Both projects are led by World Relief, an evangelical organization whose work has ...