2006 Kauai Dam Failure Response

Posted on Jan 3, 2025 in 2000's, HING History

Air Guard responds to Kauai flooding CERF-P members, along with numerous other HIANG members, also participated in disaster relief and recovery after the Kaloko Dam breach and the intense flooding that occurred on Kauai, March 2005. The CERF-P sent their search and extraction team, which was made up of 154th Civil Engineer and Medical Squadron members. Members of the 204th Airlift Squadron also participated in the disaster relief by delivering approximately 27,000 pounds of recovery equipment to Kauai on board a C-17 to thousands of isolated residents and tourists along the island’s north shore.

– 2006 Annual Report pp. 15

AIR MAIL -- Staff Sgt. Ivan Sanches directs 291st Combat Communications Squadron Airmen loading recovery equipment on a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft at the Hilo International Airport, Hawaii, March 2006. The C-17 Delivered recovery equipment to the island of Kauai, Hawaii, after a dam burst, isolating thousands of people along the island's north shore. Sanches is with the Hawaii Air National Guard's 204th Airlift Squadron. Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo, U.S. Air Force photo
AIR MAIL – Staff Sgt. Ivan Sanches directs 291st Combat Communications Squadron Airmen loading recovery equipment on a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft at the Hilo International Airport, Hawaii, March 2006. The C-17 Delivered recovery equipment to the island of Kauai, Hawaii, after a dam burst, isolating thousands of people along the island’s north shore. Sanches is with the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 204th Airlift Squadron. Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo, U.S. Air Force photo
(Picture from the 2006 Annual Report)