Arrivals were expected Friday of six more F-15s, eight P-8 Poseidon anti-submarine hunter jets from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., three C-17 Globemaster IIIs from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and possibly four KC-130 aerial refueling tankers from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C.
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Other units from the southeast United States could send aircraft to Wright-Patterson to act as a refuge from the fierce storm that reportedly had sustained winds of 185 mph and gusts up to 225 mph as it churns through the Atlantic.
Wright-Patterson’s 445th Airlift Wing flew a C-17 Globemaster III to Florida on Thursday morning to pick up a HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter and fly it to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., according to wing spokeswoman Lt. Col. Cynthia Harris.
The wing flew C-17 hurricane relief missions last week to Texas after Hurricane Harvey struck the Gulf Coast.
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